Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit February 7, 1990, No. 88-6148 (Kane v. Aetna Life Insurance)

VANCE, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Kenneth Kane appeals the summary judgment entered by the district court in favor of appellees Aetna Life Insurance Company (“Aetna”) and Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph (“Southern Bell”). The district court held that the law of equitable estoppel was preempted in this case by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1401.