                IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                        FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

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                             No. 96-30663
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          LIFECARE HOSPITALS INC

                                Plaintiff-Appellee

          v.

          FRIDEN HOTEL CO; ET AL

                                Defendants

          FRIDEN HOTEL CO; R E HARRINGTON INC

                                Defendants-Appellants

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           Appeal from the United States District Court
               for the Eastern District of Louisiana
                            (95-cv-1313)
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                           March 6, 1997

Before REAVLEY, KING, and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     The district court correctly concluded that the preemption

issue in this case is controlled by our decision in Memorial

Hospital System v. Northbrook Life Ins. Co., 904 F.2d 236 (5th

Cir. 1990).    Further, the district court correctly held that

under the evidence presented the defendants owed a duty to the

plaintiff to supply it with correct information regarding the


     *
      Pursuant to Local Rule 47.5, the court has determined that
this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except
under the limited circumstances set forth in Local Rule 47.5.4.
benefits available to Ms. Griffin, that the defendants breached

that duty as a result of their negligence and that the plaintiff

was damaged as a result of the defendants’ negligent

misrepresentations.   The factual findings made by the district

court in this connection are not clearly erroneous.

     AFFIRMED.




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