[DOWNLOAD] "Robert E. Pace v. Signal Technology" by Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts " eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Robert E. Pace v. Signal Technology
- Author : Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
- Release Date : January 18, 1994
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 64 KB
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Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Statute, Federal preemption. Employment, Employee benefit plan. Words, ""Relates to."" LIACOS, C.J. When Congress enacted the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461 (1988), it included an expansive provision preempting any State laws which ""relate to"" an employee benefits plan. The question presented by this case is whether a claim that an employer's misrepresentation that an employeewould be provided with long-term disability benefits during the six months following his termination sufficiently ""relates to"" an employee benefit plan so as to be preempted by ERISA. A Judge of the Superior Court allowed the defendants' motion for summary judgment because he believed that the plaintiff's claims were preempted. The plaintiff appealed and we granted his application for direct appellate review. We reverse.