Legal Opinion
Morris v. Highmark Life Insurance
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided April 8, 2003No. C.A. 01-396LPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
LAGUEUX, Senior District Judge.
Plaintiff filed the present action in Rhode Island Superior Court alleging breach of contract and bad faith for failure to pay long-term disability benefits under plaintiffs employee benefit plan. Defendant removed the case to this Court and filed a motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff subsequently filed an amended complaint adding an ERISA count.
There are three issues currently before this Court. The first is whether this is an ERISA case. If it is an ERISA case, the second issue is whether plaintiffs bad faith claim is preempted by ERISA.…
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