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Egan v. New York Care Plus Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 16, 2000PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Crew III, J. P.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Canfield, J.), entered November 22, 1999 in Albany County, which, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for partial summary judgment dismissing plaintiffs third, fourth and fifth causes of action in the complaint.
In 1997, plaintiff was diagnosed as having central nervous system Lyme disease. As a consequence, his physician sought from defendants, who insured plaintiff under a “Care Plus Health Care Contract,” preapproval of intravenous antibiotic therapy. This request eventually was denied upon the basis that prolonged intravenous…
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