4521 A state law claim by ERISA plan fiduciaries seeking to recover benefits paid to a member after she settled with the tortfeasor who caused her injuries is completely preempted by ERISA.
TOTTEN v HILL (ERISA Jurisdiction) 154 CA4 40 [See: 29 USC 1001 etseq; Great West Life v Knudson 534 US 204, T/AT 7/02; Sereboff v Mid Atlantic 126 SCt 1869, T/AT 7/06]
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