United States Eighth Circuit
JOHNSTON v. PAUL REVERE LIFE INS. CO., 00-1611
Since Nebraska statute prohibiting the alteration of a written application of any policy for sickness insurance without the written consent of the applicant "relate[d] to" the employer's benefit plan, disability insurance policy was a plan for ERISA purposes, and plaintiff's state law claim was preempted by ERISA and was not excepted by the ERISA savings clause.
Appellate Information
- Decided 02/20/2001
- Published 02/20/2001
Judges
- McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge., Before McMILLIAN, LAY and ROSS, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Eighth Circuit