Legal Opinion
Lawrence Paper Co. v. Gomez
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided June 2, 1995No. 72,751PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Six, J.:
This is a federal preemption case. The Lawrence Paper Company (LPC) seeks a judgment under K.S.A. 60-1701 et seq. declaring that a provision of the Kansas Workers Compensation Act (KWCA), K.S.A. 44-501 et seq., is preempted by the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. (1988).
K.S.A. 44-511(a)(2)(E), the Kansas provision in question, requires that the value of discontinued employer-paid insurance and employer contributions to pension and profit-sharing plans be factored into the computation of…
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