Stephens v. Harbor Club, Inc.

Andrews, Presiding Judge.

Glenda Stephens appeals from the trial court’s dismissal of her complaint against Harbor Club, Inc. for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Because Stephens’s claims for damages arising from Harbor Club’s alleged fraud in preventing her from filing a workers’ compensation claim do not relate to any Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) governed benefit plan, the trial court erred in concluding that it did not have subject matter jurisdiction over the complaint.

This case arose when Stephens, who worked as a waitress for Harbor Club, ruptured a disc in her…