Legal Opinion
Health Cost Controls of Illinois, Inc. v. Valerie Washington
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 10, 1999No. 98-3241PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
Health Cost Controls brought suit against Valerie Washington, a participant in an employee welfare plan sponsored by her employer but administered in relevant part first by Michael Reese Health Plan, Inc. and later, when Humana bought Michael Reese, by Humana Health Plan, Inc. The suit sought reimbursement of certain benefits that the plan had paid her. The plan assigned its claim to Health Cost, which is why Health Cost is the plaintiff, rather than the plan. The case has a tangled history that raises jurisdictional issues. Ten years ago Washington was injured in an auto…
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