Legal Opinion
Kekis v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Utica-Watertown, Inc.
District Court, N.D. New York
Decided March 12, 1993No. 7:93-cr-00128PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER
McCURN, Chief Judge.
This litigation presents a question of contract interpretation. Given the wide publicity and public interest that the case has generated, litigants in the future might attempt to attribute to this decision more value than is warranted. As will be discussed more thoroughly below, such reliance would be misguided. The court’s ruling today — that the defendant must provide insurance coverage for plaintiffs cancer treatment — is based solely upon the court’s interpretation of this particular plaintiffs health insurance policy. Future litigants…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. BruchSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Jackson Dairy, Inc. v. H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- Western World Insurance Company v. Stack Oil, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- Fred Brown v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- Ingersoll Milling Machine Co. v. M/V BodenaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Taylor v. Blue Cross & Blue ShieldMichigan Court of Appeals · 1994
- Tepe v. Rocky Mountain Hospital & Medical ServicesColorado Court of Appeals · 1995
- Leonhardt v. Holden Business Forms Co.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1993
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- Velez v. Prudential Health Care Plan of New York, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1996
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