United States Fourth Circuit

Where an employee's complaint alleges non-fiduciary wrongful conduct on the part of her employer and an ERISA plan administrator, unrelated to their duties under the ERISA plan, state claims for invasion of privacy, negligence, unfair and deceptive trade practices, and medical privacy violations are not preempted by ERISA.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/23/2002
• Decided 05/28/2002
• Published 05/28/2002

Judges

• Before LUTTIG, MICHAEL, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Edwin R. Burkhardt, Jr., Towson, Maryland, for Appellant.  Karen Mary Wahle, O'Melveny & Myers, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellee Verizon;  M. Natalie McSherry, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, L.L.P., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee CORE.