United States Seventh Circuit

An ERISA plan participant's decision to commit fraud in the context of an employee benefit plan does not immunize him or her from tort liability under state law, thus a common law fraud claim was not expressly preempted under ERISA.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/18/2002
• Decided 09/06/2002
• Published 09/06/2002

Judges

• MANION, Circuit Judge., Before MANION, ROVNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Peter D. DeChiara (Argued), Cohen, Weiss & Simon, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Robert J. Trizna (Argued), Schuyler, Roche & Zwirner, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant., Michael P. Tone, Ross, Dixon & Bell, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.