Legal Opinion
Fields v. Blue Shield of California
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 11, 1985No. Civ. 26829PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
STANIFORTH, Acting P. J.
Physician-psychiatrist Edward L. Fields' (Dr. Fields) action seeks compensatory damages from group insurer Blue Shield of California (Blue Shield) by reason of Blue Shield’s refusal to pay for medical treatment (psychoanalysis) received by Dr. Fields in 1978. Dr. Fields also seeks punitive damages for breach of the insurer’s duty of good faith and fair dealing.
During the course of the jury trial Dr. Fields moved for a directed verdict for reimbursement of the compensatory damages, arguing that as a matter *575of law the exclusion in the 1976 plan was inoperative as…
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