Legal Opinion
Worthington v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided June 18, 1987No. Civ. A. H-86-2500PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
NORMAN W. BLACK, District Judge.
Plaintiff has filed a motion for summary judgment predicated solely on Texas law. Since this Court finds that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., preempts Plaintiff’s state law claims, Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment is DENIED.
Defendant has filed a motion for summary judgment based upon federal pre-emption. The motion is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. For the reasons stated below, the Court finds that as a matter of law ERISA controls disposition of this case. However, based on the summary…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Pilot Life Insurance v. DedeauxSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Group Life & Health Insurance v. Royal Drug Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Powell v. Chesapeake And Potomac Telephone Company Of VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1985
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