Group Hospitalization & Medical Services v. Merck-Medco Managed Care, LLP

OPINION

SIMANDLE, District Judge.

It is well-established that solely state law causes of action are nonetheless preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal court if the cause of action falls within the scope of ERISA’s civil enforcement provision, ERISA § 502(a), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a). The issue presented here is whether the state law fiduciary duty claims of a plaintiff who administers ERISA employee benefit plans in which it alleges that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties to plaintiff by failing to…