Labels:book | reckoner | sky OCR: In Pilot Life, this Court was asked to determine whether Mississippi's common law FO bad faith could be invoked by a plan participant in an action against the provider of an insured group health policy sold to an ERISA -covered employec benefit plan The Court held that the common law claim could not be en Forced hecause papiojfB remedies. such as punitive damages, intentionally excluded b From ERISA Pilat Life, 481 U.S The Ninth Circuft, interpreting Pilot Life, held that Califor- nia Insurance Code provision {$790.03} which pernitted private richts nt action unfair insurance practices including claims for compensatory punitive damages was preempted by ERISA Kanne Connecticut General Lif Insurance Co, 867 F.2d 489 493 -94 {9th Cir. 1988} cert denied, 492 U.S. 906 (1989) "Kanne The court wi ...
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