Legal Opinion
Peterson v. American Life & Health Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 15, 1995No. 93-55973PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
George Peterson appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants in his suit for benefits under a health insurance policy. We have jurisdiction and affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Peterson is a partner in Quivira Marine Service Center (“Quivira”). Quivira applied to American Life and Health Insurance Co. (“American”) for a short-term group policy through the Pacific Southwest Association of Small Employer Firms (“PSA”) to provide health insurance for three persons: Peterson, his partner, and their employee. The American policy was intended to…
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