Patterson v. Aetna Life Insurance

Brailsford, Justice.

Plaintiff’s ten year old son, a cerebral palsy victim as the result of natal injuries to his brain, was a patient in The Asheville Orthopedic Hospital, Inc., Asheville, North Carolina, receiving physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy, from February 21, 1964 to March 31, 1964. As plaintiff’s dependent, the son was an insured under a group health and accident insurance policy issued by the defendant, Aetna Life Insurance Company, on April 5, 1962, covering the members and employees of the firm of Cormell-Streett and Patterson, of which plaintiff is a…