Norris v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

OPINION OF THE COURT

Judgment entered February 25, 1982 is reversed, with $30 costs; the plaintiff’s small claims complaint is dismissed.

In this small claims action the parties stipulated to the following facts: claimant Jerome Norris, appearing pro se, is an attorney employed by the General Electric Company, entitled to medical expense benefits under a group insurance policy underwritten by the defendant Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Included in the coverage are “services performed or prescribed by a physician or surgeon, in a hospital, at home or elsewhere”. The terms “physician” and…