032569P.pdf   07/06/2004  Kelly Renee Neumann  v.  AT&T Communications
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  03-2569
                          and No:  03-2570
   Communications   
   District of Minnesota 
   Civil case - ERISA. Plaintiff's retaliatory discharge claim was 
   completely preempted by ERISA, as the heart of her lawsuit was a claim 
   that defendant violated its ERISA plan by classifying her condition as a 
   sickness rather than an accident, and the district court did not err in 
   removing the suit to federal court; deferential standard would be applied 
   to plan administrator's decision on her claim, and the administrator's 
   decision to deny the claim was not an abuse of discretion; defendant was 
   not estopped from classifying plaintiff's injury as sickness because of 
   statements allegedly made by company employee and insurer's 
   representative concerning worker's compensation; under Minnesota law, 
   the award of worker's compensation benefits for plaintiff's condition 
   barred claims under the Minnesota Human Rights Act. 
   [PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Melloy and Fagg, Circuit 
   Judges]