New York State Departmet of Labor v. General Electric Co.

prevailing wage law requiring ex-locality employers to bring “supplements” consisting of remuneration in the form of various non-cash employee benefits into conformity with those prevailing in the locality or to make up the difference in cash payments held preempted by ERISA | after witness made unsolicited improper remark, court should have given admonition to jury rather than declare mistrial | generally applicable statute governing labor costs that imposed upon ERISA plans indirect financial and administrative burdens preempted by ERISA | court properly exercised discretion in excluding expert testimony on eyewitness reliability; jury is qualified to make credibility determination about eyewitnesses, aided by cross-examination and common knowledge of memory and its effect on perception | logically related claim added against a non-diverse third party impleaded under Rule 14. | logically related claim added against a non-diverse third party im-pleaded under Rule 14. | state law “relate[s] to” employee benefit plans when “it has connection with or reference to such plans [and] whenever it purports to regulate, directly or indirectly, the terms and conditions of employee benefit plans” (citations and quotation marks omitted)