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JEFFERSON-PILOT LIFE INS. CO. v. KRAFKA

Docket No. B099501.

50 Cal.App.4th 190 (1996)

JEFFERSON-PILOT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RONALD L. KRAFKA, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Five.

October 24, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Girardi & Keese and James B. Kropff for Defendant and Appellant.

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Lane J. Ashley and Carolyn M. Mason for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

TURNER, P.J. —

I. INTRODUCTION

Ronald L. Krafka (defendant) appeals from a judgment in favor of Jefferson-Pilot Life Insurance Company (plaintiff). Plaintiff was awarded a money judgment pursuant to a reimbursement provision of an insurance policy. We conclude plaintiff's state common law causes of action for reimbursement of medical expenses paid under an insurance plan are preempted by ERISA.

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