Legal Opinion
Kenneth Fuja, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Grace R. Fuja, Deceased v. Benefit Trust Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 18, 1994No. 93-1150PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
Grace Rodela Fuja, a thirty-seven year-old woman suffering from breast cancer, sued her insurer, the defendant, Benefit Trust Life Insurance Company (“Benefit Trust”), for its refusal to pay for a “high-dose chemotherapy treatment with autologous bone marrow transplantation” (“HDC/ABMT”). Fuja sought injunctive and declaratory relief to prevent the defendant from denying coverage for the treatment under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B) and (a)(3). The court entered judgment for Fuja enjoining the defendant from denying…
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