LIND v. AETNA HEALTH, INC.

No. 05-5055.

466 F.3d 1195 (2006)

JAMES D. LIND and LINDA STILLWELL-LIND, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. AETNA HEALTH, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

October 31, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason B. Aamodt of Miller Keffer Bullock Pedigo, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Morris D. Bernstein, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Appellants.

Timothy A. Carney of Gable and Gotwals, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Appellees.

Before BRISCOE, McCONNELL, and SILER, Circuit Judges.


McCONNELL, Circuit Judge.

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. § 1001, can be a fruitless and thorny ground for plaintiffs, and many seek to avoid it entirely by bringing their insurance claims under state law. The Supreme Court has increasingly circumscribed such state-law claims, however, finding the pre-emptive sweep of ERISA to be so "extraordinary" that it bars all claims of close relation. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Taylor...

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