Legal Opinion
Dolores R. Salomon v. Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 18, 1986No. 85-1835PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
Dolores Salomon seeks to recover benefits under a Family Monthly Income Benefit Plan underwritten by Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company, and offered by Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (“3M”) to its employees. In her suit against Transamerica and 3M, Salomon relies on the common law claims of breach of contract and estoppel, and on two Virginia insurance statutes, Va. Code § 38.1-52.7 (prohibiting unfair discrimination) and § 38.1-32.1 (providing for attorney fees). The district court held that these state claims were preempted under the Employee…
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