United States Ninth Circuit

ERISA does not preempt a state tort claim alleging that a health insurer's private investigators violated claimant's privacy rights when investigating claimant for claim fraud.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/13/2001
• Decided 10/17/2001
• Published 10/17/2001

Judges

• Before:  BEEZER, T.G. NELSON, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Henry Solano, Marc I. Machiz, and Marcia Bove, Department of Labor, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae United States.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lesley C. Green and Russell G. Petti, Bannan, Green & Frank, Los Angeles, California, for defendants/appellants UNUM Life Insurance Company of America and The Adams, Duque & Hazeltine Long Term Disability Income Plan., Thomas E. Shardlow and Patricia G. Vick, Law Offices of Shardlow & Vick, Pasadena, California, for appellee/cross-appellant John Dishman.