Case Name: Michael CONKLIN, Steven A. Voisin and Joyce Voisin v. VARIABLE PROTECTION ADMINISTRATORS, INC., L. Ward & Associates, J. Thomas Hassell and Lonnie Thibodeaux
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1988-12-09
Citations: 534 So. 2d 437
Docket Number: No. 88-CC-2638
Parties: Michael CONKLIN, Steven A. Voisin and Joyce Voisin v. VARIABLE PROTECTION ADMINISTRATORS, INC., L. Ward & Associates, J. Thomas Hassell and Lonnie Thibodeaux.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 534
Pages: 437–438

Head Matter:
Michael CONKLIN, Steven A. Voisin and Joyce Voisin v. VARIABLE PROTECTION ADMINISTRATORS, INC., L. Ward & Associates, J. Thomas Hassell and Lonnie Thibodeaux.
No. 88-CC-2638.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Dec. 9, 1988.

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).