United States Eleventh Circuit

Because defendant's long term disability plan was governed by ERISA, plaintiff-employee's state law claims for disability benefits were wholly preempted; summary judgment for defendant is affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/13/2004
• Published 05/13/2004

Judges

• MARCUS, Circuit Judge:, Before MARCUS and WILSON, Circuit Judges, and LIMBAUGH , District Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas O. Sinclair, Cinda Ruth York, Campbell, Waller & Loper, LLC, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• James S. Williams, Birmingham, AL, Kaye K. Houser, Kristen S. Cross, Sirote & Permutt, P.C., Birmingham, AL, Mark E. Schmidtke, Schmidtke Hoeppner Consultants, LLP, Valparaiso, IN, Jule Clifton Lassiter, III, Decatur, GA, for Defendant-Appellee.