Derek J. Smith v. Dunham-Bush, Inc., and the Robins Group, Inc.

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• concluding that the defendant’s “oral assurance” regarding the plan did not give rise to a duty independent of ERISA
• concluding that employee's common law contract and tort claims against employer, which concerned oral promise to pay pension-related benefits, were preempted by ERISA.
• stating that \the oral representation underlying this suit deals expressly and exclusively with the appellant's benefits\
• stating that “the oral representation underlying this suit deals expressly and exclusively with the appellant’s benefits”
• ERISA superseded claim that plaintiff was induced to relocate based on his employer’s false, oral representations regarding pension benefits
• negligent-misrepresentation claim preempted where “the oral representation underlying this suit dealft] expressly and exclusively with the [plaintiffs] benefits”

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