Fryer v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.

William Fryer (hereinafter William) was the beneficiary of a group contract of medical and hospital insurance issued by defendant Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (hereinafter defendant.) The complaint alleges that: On August 13, 1957, William suffered a heart attack, requiring immediate hospitalization; his wife, Nell, called the telephone numbers announced by defendant as for emergency use but, getting no answer, ultimately called an independent ambulance service, which took William to a hospital not under contract to defendant; William remained in that hospital until November 16, 1957,…