Legal Opinion
Stanford v. AT & T CORP.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided May 30, 1996No. Civil Action 94-11929-MELPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LASKER, District Judge.
Nancy Stanford, an employee of AT & T and a participant in its Sickness and Accident Disability Benefit Plan and its Long-Term Disability Benefit Plan (the Plan), sues AT & T for breach of contract, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, breach of fiduciary duty, and misrepresentation under state and federal common law in tort.
AT & T removed the action to this court on the grounds that Stanford’s state law claims were preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461. AT & T now moves to dismiss count one of…
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