Legal Opinion
Penny Jo Bechtold v. Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 18, 1994No. 93-1938PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
Penny Jo Bechtold, a female diagnosed and treated for breast cancer, brought this action under the Employee Retirement In.come Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B), to recover benefits under an ERISA-governed employee welfare benefit plan. In her suit against Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana (“PHP”), Bechtold is seeking coverage for high-dose chemotherapy with autologous bone marrow transplantation (“HDC/ABMT”). The case was assigned to a U.S. Magistrate Judge by consent pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c). On March 18, 1993, the magistrate judge denied…
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- Chester J. Filipowicz v. American Stores Benefit Plans Committee, a Corporation, Prudential Insurance Company of America, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Louis P. River, III v. Commercial Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
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