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EID v. DUKE

No. 140, Sept. Term, 2000.

816 A.2d 844 (2003)

373 Md. 2

Jerry W. EID, et ux. v. Christopher J. DUKE, et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

February 13, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Lilly (Thomas C. Summers of Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, on brief), Baltimore, for Petitioners.

M. Natalie McSherry (Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP, on brief), Baltimore, for Respondents.

Argued before ELDRIDGE, RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA and ROBERT L. KARWACKI (Retired, specially assigned), JJ.

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

Jerry Eid, Sr., an employee of Bell Atlantic Corporation (now called Verizon Corporation), along with his wife, filed this tort action against the administrator of his employer's disability benefits plan and the administrator's medical consultant. The issue before us is whether the Eids' tort action is preempted by the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 88 Stat. 832, 29 U.S.C...

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