United States Ninth Circuit

In an action seeking payments under a disability insurance plan, the dismissal of the complaint on ERISA preemption grounds is reversed where 29 U.S.C. section 1132(a)(1)(B) did not completely preempt plaintiff's purely state-law action for breach of contract, negligent misrepresentation, quantum meruit and estoppel.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/10/2009
• Decided 09/10/2009
• Published 09/10/2009

Judges

• WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:, Before D.W. NELSON, W. FLETCHER and RICHARD C. TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Viola Rita Brown, Gregory C. Lehman, Joy Young Stephenson, Barry Sullivan, Stephenson Acquisto & Colman, Burbank, CA, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bradley Alan Post, Borton Petrini LLP, Fresno, CA, Christopher H. White, Ross Dixon & Bell, Daniel J. Zollner, Dykema Gossett, PLLC, Chicago, IL, for the appellees.