Legal Opinion
Lind v. Aetna Health, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided October 31, 2006No. 05-5055PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCONNELL, Circuit Judge.
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. § 1001, can be a fruitless and thorny ground for plaintiffs, and many seek to avoid it entirely by bringing their insurance claims under state law. The Supreme Court has increasingly circumscribed such state-law claims, however, finding the pre-emptive sweep of ERISA to be so “extraordinary” that it bars all claims of close relation. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Taylor, 481 U.S. 58, 65, 107 S.Ct. 1542, 95 L.Ed.2d 55 (1987). Nonetheless, James D. Lind (“Lind”) and Linda Stillwell-Lind sought to bring…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Foman v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Pilot Life Insurance v. DedeauxSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Allis-Chalmers Corp. v. LueckSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Aetna Health Inc. v. DavilaSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
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