Aetna, Rawlings Get Claims Trimmed in Improper Subrogation Suit

Aetna Life Insurance Co. and Rawlings Co. narrowed the scope of an improper subrogation suit stemming from a disability payment to an employee because federal benefits law preempts her state-law claims, a federal district court in Pennsylvania said.

And Rawlings, an insurance services provider, wasn’t a proper defendant for the plaintiff’s claim for benefits due under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania said.

Rawlings wasn’t an administrator of the plan, the court said.

Joanne Wolff was insured for long-term disability benefits under a group plan issued by Aetna through Wolff’s ...