Conklin v. Variable Protection Administrators, Inc.

534 So. 2d 437, 1988 WL 131233

• Court: Supreme Court of Louisiana
• Decided: December 9, 1988
• Docket: No. 88-CC-2638
• Status: Published

Opinion

In re Industrial Indemnity Ins. Co.; — Defendants); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writs; Parish of Terre-bonne, 32nd Judicial District Court, Div. “B”, No. 86,948; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. CW88 1291.

Granted. The judgment of the trial court is reversed, and judgment is rendered maintaining the exception to jurisdiction over the subject matter. ERISA preempts plaintiffs’ state law claims. See Pilot Life Insurance Co. v. Dedeaux, 481 U.S. 41, 107 S.Ct. 1549, 95 L.Ed.2d 39 (1987), and Belas-co v. W.K.P. Wilson & Sons, Inc., 833 F.2d 277 (11th Cir.1987).