Legal Opinion
Daniel Kunin v. Benefit Trust Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 27, 1990No. 88-6573PublishedCited by 187 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
Benefit Trust Life Insurance Company (“Benefit Trust”) appeals the decision of the district court awarding benefits to Daniel Kunin (“Kunin”). Kunin, the Senior Vice-President of Maxim’s Beauty Salons, Inc., incurred over $50,000 in medical bills for the treatment of his child for autism. Kunin sought reimbursement of his expenses under a group health insurance policy issued to his employer; the parties agree that this policy is itself an “employee welfare benefit plan” governed by ERISA, and that Benefit Trust functioned as both insurer and plan administrator.…
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