Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield v. Remagen

Melvin Mayfield, Judge.

Appellant, Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, appeals a decision of the Sebastian County Circuit Court holding it liable to appellee for $1,564.81 hospital and medical bills plus costs, penalty and attorney’s fees, under a health and hospitalization insurance policy.

In December, 1984, appellee had breast enlargement surgery. In August, 1985, she developed redness and tenderness in her left breast. Appellee’s plastic surgeon, Dr. E. F. Still, testified that she gave him a history of being bitten by an insect while on a camping trip but at that time he could not tell…