Legal Opinion
Pens. Plan Guide (Cch) P 23931u Katherine F. Whitney, as of the Estate of Barbara Whitney v. Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 10, 1997No. 684, Docket 96-7635PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Per curiam
Defendant Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield (“Empire”) appeals from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, following a bench trial before Robert W. Sweet, Judge, ordering Empire, an insurance company that administers a plan covered by ERISA, 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. (1994), to reimburse plaintiff Katherine Whitney, as Executrix of the Estate of Barbara Whitney (“Whitney”), for the cost of Whitney’s treatment for advanced breast cancer by means of high-dose chemotherapy followed by autolo-gous bone marrow transplant or stem cell support,…
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