KELLY v. FORT DEARBORN LIFE INSURANCE CO.


422 Mass. 15 (1996)

MARGUERITE KELLY vs. FORT DEARBORN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

February 8, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy G. Ross, of Illinois (Steven W. Kasten with her) for the defendants.

Damon Scarano for the plaintiff.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, O'CONNOR, GREANEY, & FRIED, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

When the defendant insurer refused to pay long-term disability benefits to the plaintiff under her employer's insurance plan, she commenced an action against the insurer and its sales representative, asserting various State law claims. In 1993, a judge in the Superior Court allowed the defendants' motion for summary judgment on the ground that the State law claims were preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C....

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