Legal Opinion
Richard H. Heasley, Sr. And Doris G. Heasley v. Belden & Blake Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 30, 1993No. 92-3681PublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.
This case presents several questions concerning the interpretation and application of an employee health insurance plan, an area litigated with increasing frequency under the Employee Retirement Income Security of Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461 (1988). Belden & Blake Corporation appeals the district court’s final judgment directing it to pay for employee Richard Heasley’s liver/pancreas transplant as a treatment for pancreatic cancer which spread to both lobes of his liver. After a bench trial, the court held the transplant was not an…
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