Legal Opinion
James Barber v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 7, 2004No. 03-4363PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SCIRICA, Chief Judge.
At issue is whether ERISA preempts Pennsylvania’s bad faith statute for insurance claims, 42 Pa.C.S. § 8371, through express or conflict preemption. The District Court denied defendant’s Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) motion moving for dismissal of plaintiffs bad faith claim based on ERISA preemption. Barber v. UNUM Life Ins. Co. of Am., No. 03-3018 (E.D. Pa. filed Sept. 9, 2003). Because we hold 42 Pa.C.S. § 8371 is conflict preempted by ERISA, or alternatively expressly preempted under ERISA § 514(a), we will reverse the judgment of the District Court and…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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