Legal Opinion
Turner v. Fallon Community Health Plan, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 20, 1997No. 97-1253PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
Ronald Turner, on behalf of himself and as administrator of the estate of his deceased wife, Charlotte Turner, brought this suit in Massachusetts state court against Fallon Community Health Plan, Inc. (“Fallon”). The gravamen was Fallon’s refusal to provide coverage for a treatment regime proposed by Charlotte Turner and her doctor to address her metastasized breast cancer. After the case was removed to federal district court, the district court granted summary judgment for Fallon, and Ronald Turner appealed.
*197The pertinent facts are largely undisputed. In 1991, Charlotte…
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