Legal Opinion
Louis P. River, III v. Commercial Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 2, 1999No. 97-3581PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
In 1980, the plaintiff-appellant, Louis P. River (“River”), a surgeon licensed and practicing in the state of Illinois, was diagnosed with a manic depressive psychiatric problem. River continued to carry out his duties as a surgeon until 1985, when he was forced to terminate his surgical practice due to his psychiatric problem. In 1986, River’s insurer, ’ Commercial Life Insurance Company (“Commercial”), the defendant-appellee, began providing River with “sickness” disability benefits amounting to $1,800 per month.
After having exhausted his “sickness” benefits in late…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- State Security Insurance v. BurgosIllinois Supreme Court · 1991
- Dr. Stanley Heller, and Cross-Appellant v. The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, and Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
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