Legal Opinion
Janet Carr v. The Gates Health Care Plan
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 21, 1999No. 99-1362PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
Janet Carr was denied benefits under the Gates Health Care Plan (“the Plan”), an employee welfare benefit plan, because the treatment rendered related to a 1979 gastric stapling surgery, specifically excluded under the Plan. The Plan is sponsored by the Gates Corporation, and provides medical benefits, subject to certain limitations and exclusions, to eligible employees of the corporation and their depen-dants. The District Court held that the Health Care Benefits Review Committee (“the Committee”) has sole discretion to interpret the Plan. After exhausting her…
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