ERISA preempts “any and all state laws insofar as they ... relate to any employee benefit plan.” 29 U.S.C. § 1144(a). ERISA even preempts common law causes of action which relate to ERISA-regulated employee benefit plans. Murchison v. Murchison, 2006 WL 994508, at *1 (D.C.Cir. Mar.2, 2006). The plaintiffs abuse of right and breach of contract claims seek relief pursuant to ERISA plans. For example, she seeks as damages “the reasonable value of the employment benefits that were wrongfully withheld” and “the reasonable value of employment benefits owed to Plaintiff in the future.” Am. Compl. ¶¶ 78-79. Because the plaintiffs common law claims seek to vindicate rights under ERISA, preemption applies. Ingersoll-Rand Co. v. McClendon, 498 U.S. 133, 111 S.Ct. 478, 112 L.Ed.2d 474 (1990) (<HOLDING>). The court accordingly dismisses the
holding that erisa preempted a state law claim because the courts inquiry centered on the employee benefits plan at issue holding that erisa does not preempt the plaintiffs claim that the erisa plan administrator is liable for medical malpractice where the plaintiff premised the claim solely on state law and did not invoke the erisa plan holding that state law relates to an employee benefit plan and is therefore preempted by erisa if it has a connection with or reference to such a plan holding that erisa completely preempted certain state law claims and finding that erisa preempted an employees common law tort and contract claim when the employee sought benefits under the employers disability policy holding that the state law contract claim alleged the same conduct as in the erisa claim and was therefore preempted