Legal Opinion
Leilani Exbom v. Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Health and Welfare Fund
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 27, 1990No. 89-1822PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.
Leilani Exbom is morbidly obese. She has 'been so for most of her life. This condition does not suit her, and she has not accepted it passively. Indeed, for the last ten years she has waged a virulent campaign against it. She has made repeated attempts to reduce her weight by dieting. Dieting, however, has availed her little improvement. She has also tried to reduce her weight by surgery. In 1979 she underwent what is known as a jejunoileal bypass and subsequently lost 110 pounds. The surgery was risky, however, and in 1986, as the threat of unfortunate side…
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