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FARLOW v. UNION CENT. LIFE INS. CO.

No. 88-7513.

874 F.2d 791 (1989)

Sam N. FARLOW, an individual, and Susan S. Farlow, an individual, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNION CENTRAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, an Ohio corporation, Peterson Financial Advisory, Inc., an Alabama corporation, and Chris J. Peterson, etc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 6, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Pritchard, III, Pritchard, McCall, Jones, Spencer & O'Kelley, Birmingham, Ala., Julian P. Hardy, Jr., Alexander W. Jones, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellants.

J. Mark Hart, Spain, Gillon, Tate, Grooms & Blan, John S. Civils, Jr., Huie, Fernambucg and Stewart, Jack M. Beard, Birmingham, Ala., for defendants-appellees.

Before TJOFLAT and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

In this interlocutory appeal, we affirm the district court's determination that state law claims for fraudulent misrepresentation, negligence, and violation of the Alabama "twisting" statute (27-12-6 Code of Alabama) arising from the sale of an insurance policy are preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

FACTS

Sam Farlow is a shareholder, the president, and a member of the board of directors of Pace...

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