Legal Opinion
Decatur Memorial Hospital v. Connecticut General Life Insurance Company and Bridgestone/firestone, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 1, 1993No. 92-2532PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Decatur Memorial Hospital provided medical care to James Long between his admission on September 24, 1989, and his death 32 days later. Information supplied by another hospital led Decatur Memorial Hospital to believe that Long had health insurance underwritten by Connecticut General Life Insurance Company. The Hospital checked with Connecticut General, which verified coverage and approved the medical services the Hospital proposed to supply. Whoever answered the Hospital’s inquiries had stale information: since April 1989 Long’s coverage had been supplied by…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Emil J. Bartholet v. Reishauer A.G. (Zurich) and Reishauer Corporation (Elgin)Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- District of Columbia v. Greater Washington Board of TradeSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
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3Cited by41 opinions
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- Daniel Brosted v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America and Dreisilker Electric Motors, Inc. Group Long Term Disability Income PlanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
- Odie M. Robles v. City of Fort Wayne, Stanley M. Stanford and Pee Tee, Incorporated, Doing Business as Sweet Pete's TavernCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
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