Bails v. BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HART, District Judge.

Plaintiff Patrick Bails complains that defendant United Airlines Employees Welfare Benefit Plan (the “Plan”) denied medical benefits for two of his children. 1 Also named as a defendant is Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois which provides administrative services for the Plan, including claims administration. Both sides have moved for summary judgment.

It is undisputed that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., applies to the Plan and that the Plan provides that the Plan Administrator has…