Legal Opinion
Charlotte A. Pitcher v. Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 22, 1996No. 95-1971PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Principal Mutual Insurance Company (“Principal”) appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment for plaintiff Charlotte A. Pitcher and denying summary judgment for Principal. The court found that Principal was liable to Pitcher for the cost of certain cancer treatments pursuant to a health insurance policy issued by Principal. Specifically, the court determined that Pitcher’s breast cancer was not a “preexisting condition” subject to exclusion under the terms of the insurance policy. Pitcher v. Principal Mutual Life Ins. Co., 870 F.Supp. 903…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Gordon B. Phillips, as Guardian of James G. Phillips v. Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, an Indiana CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Bernita Hammond v. Fidelity and Guaranty Life Insurance Company, a Maryland CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Hughes v. Boston Mutual Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
- Environmental Protection Agency v. Coalition for Clean AirSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Madelaine Bullwinkel and George E. Bullwinkel v. New England Mutual Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
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3Cited by56 opinions
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- Joseph Lawson Tammy Malatak, on Behalf of Minor Child Elena Lawson v. Fortis Insurance Company, Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2002
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