Legal Opinion
Alphonse M. Santino v. Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 20, 2001No. 00-1926PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Chief Judge.
Plaintiff Alphonse M. Santino appeals the district court’s determination that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. (ERISA), preempts his state law claims and its dismissal of his lawsuit as untimely. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM.
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Santino is a physician specializing in urology. In 1984, Santino, then one of three shareholders in Wayne-Maycomb Urology Associates P.C., applied for disability insurance from Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company. On his application, Santino listed the Wayne-Ma-comb clinic as…
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