Legal Opinion
John Doe and Richard Smith v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 2, 1999No. 98-4112PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
Mutual of Omaha appeals from a judgment that the AIDS caps in two of its health insurance policies violate the public accommodations provision of the Americans with Disabilities Act. One policy limits lifetime benefits for AIDS or AIDS-related conditions (ARC) to $25,000, the other limits them to $100,000, while for other conditions the limit in both policies is $1 million. Mutual of Omaha has stipulated that it “has not shown and cannot show that its AIDS Caps are or ever have been consistent with sound actuarial principles, actual or reasonably anticipated experience,…
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