LOCKLEAR v. VISKO'S, INC.

No. 88-CA-202.

532 So.2d 937 (1988)

Eunice LOCKLEAR v. VISKO'S, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 17, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dorothy A. Pendergast, Kenner, for plaintiff/appellant.

Virginia N. Roddy, New Orleans, for New York Life Ins. Co. defendant/appellee.

William J. Hamlin, Michael T. Tusa, Jr., New Orleans, for Marsh & McLennan Group Associates defendant/appellee.

Before KLIEBERT, WICKER and GOTHARD, JJ.


WICKER, Judge.

Eunice Locklear, the plaintiff in this suit involving employee insurance benefits, appeals the dismissal of her claims against all defendants. The issue is whether or not the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. Section 1001, et seq., preempt her state law claims. We affirm.

Locklear was an employee of Visko's, Inc., originally under the management...

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