Louisiana Court of Appeal October 23, 2002, Nos. 36,430-CA, 36,362-CW (Vantage Health Plan, Inc. v. ACMG, Inc.)

| t PEATROSS, J.

This consolidated appeal1 presents the question of whether the Employee Retirement Income Security Act’s (“ERISA”) broad preemption provision bars the state law claims of Vantage Health Plan, Inc. (“Vantage”), sponsor of an ERISA plan, against the plan’s administrator, ACMG of Louisiana, Inc. (“ACMG”)2.