Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kansas, Inc. v. Riverside Hospital

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McFarland, J.:

This is a dispute between two employee health care group plans as to which plan has primary coverage and which plan has secondary coverage relative to certain medical expense claims.

BACKGROUND FACTS

The facts are not in dispute and may be summarized as follows. Leslie Stadalman is an employee of defendant Riverside Hospital and, as such, is a “covered person” under that institution’s employee health care plan. Leslie Stadalman is the wife of Gregory Stadalman. Mr. Stadalman is employed by the City of Wichita and is covered under his…