Legal Opinion
Estate of Ermenc Ex Rel. Ermenc v. American Family Mutual Insurance
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided August 19, 1998No. 98-0531PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The estate of Monica Ermenc appeals from a grant of summary judgment to American Family Mutual Insurance Company. The estate commenced an action against American Family for breach of contract and bad faith after American Family denied a claim for $31,694.76 in medical bills which Monica incurred while being treated for stomach cancer. The trial court granted summary judgment to American Family finding that Monica's stomach cancer was not a covered sickness under the policy and that the stomach cancer was a preexisting condition.
The underlying facts are not in dispute. In May 1996, Monica went…
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