Legal Opinion
Madelaine Bullwinkel and George E. Bullwinkel v. New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 7, 1994No. 93-1509PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
In September 1991, Madelaine Bullwinkel had a lump removed from her left breast. The lump was later discovered to be cancerous. She filed a claim with her insurance company seeking coverage for the lump removal and subsequent cancer treatments. The insurance company denied coverage under the pre-existing condition limitation in the insurance policy. The company concluded that the lump, which Madelaine first discovered in July, and which was treated by a physician on July 20, predated the July 31 effective date of the insurance policy. Made-laine and her husband filed…
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