Cohen v. Northwestern National Life Insurance

The plaintiff filed suit on a group insurance policy to recover the sum of $320.55 as reimbursement for medical and hospital bills paid on account of a tonsillectomy performed on his son. Both plaintiff and defendant filed motions for summary judgment accompanied by appropriate affidavits. Plaintiff’s motion was denied, defendant’s motion was allowed and plaintiff appeals.

The chronology of events is basically as follows:

7- 28-68: Plaintiff and his dependents became insured under a group policy of his employer.

8- 9-68: A doctor diagnosed the son’s difficulty as tonsillitis and adenoiditis and…