Ledingham v. Blue Cross Plan for Hospital Care of Hospital Service Corp.

A Madison County circuit court jury awarded plaintiffs, Harold A. Ledingham and his wife Rita, $9,200 as compensatory and punitive damages for the failure of corporate defendants Blue Cross Plan for Hospital Care of Hospital Service Corporation and Blue Shield of Illinois Medical Service to honor plaintiffs’ claims for amounts paid by them for medical and hospital care. Defendants appealed from the judgment entered on that verdict, and the Fifth District Appellate Court reversed the punitive damages award, directing the trial court to enter judgment for $1,592.85, the amount of the…