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DEDEAUX v. PILOT LIFE INS. CO.

No. 84-4201.

770 F.2d 1311 (1985)

Everate W. DEDEAUX, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PILOT LIFE INSURANCE CO., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 16, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denton, Persons, Dornan & Bilbo, William L. Denton, Ronald S. Cochran, Biloxi, Miss., William C. Walker, Univ. of MS, Law Center, University, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.

Heidelberg, Woodliff & Franks, Harry E. Neblett, Jr., George F. Woodliff, III, Keith R. Raulston, Jackson, Miss., for defendant-appellee.

Before BROWN, WILLIAMS and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

The case before us raises the question of whether the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1381 (1982), preempts an employee's common law breach of contract and tort claims against the insurance company that issued his employer's group insurance policy. The district court concluded that ERISA preempted the employee's claims. We reverse on the authority of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v...

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