Legal Opinion
Daniel T. Casey v. Uddeholm Corporation, a New York Corporation and Uddeholm Health Benefits Plan
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 10, 1994No. 93-2970PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Daniel Casey attempted to commit suicide by throwing himself in front of an elevated train in Chicago on March 6, 1991. Casey survived, but he was severely and permanently injured. This case involves Casey’s attempt to compel his health insurance carrier to pay his medical expenses.
Uddeholm Health Benefits Plan refused to pay Casey’s medical bills because, it claimed, Casey’s injuries were not “sustained accidentally” as his policy required. Casey protested, and a hearing on his case was held before the plan’s administrator. The administrator found against Casey.
Casey…
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