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· 6/15/2004

Jim Klassy and Barbra Klassy v. Physicians Plus Insurance Company and Gary Johnson

Citations

  • 371 F.3d 952
  • 32 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 2761
  • 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 11689
  • 2004 WL 1326717

How courts have described this case

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  • affirming dismissal of the plaintiff’s state-law malpractice claim as preempted under ERISA
  • “ERISA provides a remedy for plan participants wrongfully denied benefits. However, such claims must be brought under ERISA and creatively pleading a denial of benefits claim as a state law claim does not defeat the broad preemptive force of ERISA.”

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Judges: Easterbrook, Manion, Rovner

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