Fortelney v. Liberty Life Assur. Co. of Boston

How courts have described this case

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• holding that breach of contract claim and others were preempted by ERISA as “[t]he claims implicate the terms and administration of the” policy and “seek to remedy misconduct growing out of the administration” of the policy
• denying motion to dismiss breach of fiduciary duty claim where plaintiff alleged his attorney “breached their duties by violating several rules of professional conduct.”
• “In light of the Supreme Court's ruling, this court cannot conclude that IBI's withdrawal of funds from plaintiff Carter's account pursuant to the Social Security Electronic Repayment Authorization agreement constitutes “other legal process” under § 407(a
• following Keffeler and acknowledging conflict between Keffeler and Tom
• finding consumer protection act claims preempted by ERISA
• acknowledging Keffeler's implicit overturning of Tom

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).