Jacob v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield

Plaintiffs appeal a summary judgment for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oregon (Blue Cross) in this action for breach of a health insurance contract. The trial court granted the judgment on the basis that there are no genuine issues of material fact and that, as a matter of law, the claimed treatment and related expenses are not covered under the insurance contract. We affirm.

Plaintiff father had a health insurance contract with Blue Cross. His son, San, contracted cancer. Blue Cross paid benefits for conventional treatment of the disease. However, it denied reimbursement for “Gerson therapy,”…