Legal Opinion
Pappas v. Asbel
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 23, 1998No. 98 E.D. 1996PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*344 OPINION OF THE COURT
CAPPY, Justice.
This is an appeal from the order of the Superior Court reversing the trial court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of third-party defendant United States Healthcare Systems of Pennsylvania, Inc. (“U.S. Healthcare”). The issue on which this court granted allocatur is whether the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. 1001, et seq., preempts the state tort law claims brought against U.S. Healthcare. For reasons which differ from those relied upon by the Superior Court, we find that ERISA does not preempt these claims. We…
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3Cited by18 opinions
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