HOOD v. PRUDENTIAL INS. CO. OF AMERICA

86-745.

522 So.2d 265 (1988)

Myra F. HOOD v. PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

March 11, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael Newton, Mobile, for appellant.

J. Edward Thornton, Mobile, for appellee Prudential Ins. Co. of America.

William C. Tidwell III of Hand, Arendall, Bedsole, Greaves & Johnston, Mobile, for appellee Courtaulds Welfare Plan.

Lawrence B. Clark and Duncan B. Blair of Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville, Birmingham, for amicus curiae Alabama Defense Lawyers Ass'n.


MADDOX, Justice.

The sole question presented on this appeal is whether the plaintiff's claim is preempted by the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, § 502(a), 29 U.S.C.A. § 1132(a).

This is the second time this case has been before us. See Hood v. Prudential Ins. Co. of America, 460 So.2d 1227 (Ala.1984).

Myra Hood was first...

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