Spain v. Aetna Life Insurance Company

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a wrongful death action was preempted as it \'relates to' the administration and disbursement of ERISA plan benefits\
• finding common law cause of action preempted by § 514(a) where “Appellants d[id] not seek benefits under the plan, [but] their state common law cause of action seeks damages for the negligent administration of benefit claims.”
• wrongful death action for withdrawal of authorization to treat for cancer preempted by ERISA

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).