Pate v. Eastern Insulation Service of New Bern, Inc.

COZORT, Judge.

Plaintiff filed this action against Eastern Insulation Service of New Bern, Inc. (hereinafter Eastern), and North Carolina Home Builders Health Benefit Trust (hereinafter Home Builders) seeking damages in the amount of $15,884.20. Plaintiff alleged that Eastern promised her that, if she paid the insurance premiums, she could continue to be covered under Eastern’s group insurance plan with Home Builders even after she ceased to be an employee of Eastern. Subsequently, plaintiff accumulated $15,884.20 in medical bills which Home Builders refused to pay. Home Builders claimed that…