Holroyd v. Requa

CURETON, A.J.:

Christopher Holroyd, Gillian Holroyd, and American AVK Company (collectively “Respondents”) brought this action against their insurance agent, Michael Requa, alleging various causes of action for misrepresentation, fraud, and negligence stemming from Requa’s solicitation and sale of a health insurance policy to Respondents. Requa denied these allegations and claimed Respondents’ state law causes of action were preempted and barred by the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 to -1461 (Supp.2003) (“ERISA”). The jury rendered a verdict in favor of…