Vansant v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that claims for state law breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing “are quasi-contractual claims,” and that the claims “relate to the Plan and are preempted by ERISA”
• holding tortious interference with contract cause of action preempted by ERISA
• dismissing quasi-contract claim arising out of plaintiff’s “demand that [the plan administrator’s] decision be reversed, and that [plaintiff] be paid her benefits”
• declining to analyze whether state-law claims were completely preempted where the complaint raised a federal claim under Section 502(a) of ERISA
• declining to analyze the plaintiff's claims under the doctrine of complete preemption when neither party disputed the court’s subject matter jurisdiction
• “Because there is no question regarding the Court’s jurisdiction, the Court does not analyze [plaintiff’s] state law claims using the doctrine of ‘complete preemption.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).