( July 7, 2023, 10:52 AM EDT) -- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Florida federal magistrate judge recommended dismissing a disability claimant’s breach of contract and fraud suit filed against three attorneys of her employer’s disability insurer after determining that the state law claims of breach of contract and fraud are preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act because they relate to the denial of a short-term disability (STD) claim under a disability plan governed by ERISA....