(June 14, 2023, 11:25 AM EDT) -- TRENTON, N.J. — Claims for breach of contract, bad faith and breach of fiduciary duty arising out of a dispute over the entitlement to the proceeds from a decedent’s retirement plans must be dismissed because the claims are preempted under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) as the claims relate to employee-benefit plans governed by ERISA, a New Jersey federal judge said in granting the plan defendants’ motion to dismiss....