Legal Opinion
Myers v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 16, 1985No. Nos. 84-1569(L), 84-1570PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
The principal issue here is whether a privately procured insurance policy covering “non-medical expenses and pain and suffering” constitutes double coverage under the terms of an exclusion clause in a government employees’ health insurance policy. We conclude that recovery under the government policy is not prohibited by the double coverage exclusion.
Plaintiff Donald R. Myers, a Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent, brought this action, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 8912 (1982), based on alleged wrongful refusal of the Special Agents Mutual Benefit Association…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Bowles v. Seminole Rock & Sand Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1945
- United States v. LarionoffSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Allen v. BerglandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1981
3Cited by22 opinions
- Kip Hayes v. Prudential Insurance Company of America, National League of Postmasters of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
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- Virginia Burgin Joseph K. Burgin v. Office of Personnel Management, and Healthplus, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
- Caudill v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1993
- Hartenstine v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1987
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