Legal Opinion
Ramsey v. Colonial Life Insurance Co. of America
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 27, 1994No. 92-07531PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
This case comes to us as a claim for benefits by William Ramsey Jr. (“Ramsey”), under a medical insurance policy terminated by The Colonial Life Insurance Company of America (“Colonial Life”). When Ramsey became paralyzed from the neck down, he was covered as a dependent on a policy issued to his wife’s employer, the Moulden Supply Company (“Moulden”). After two and one half years of paying Ramsey’s medical bills, Colonial Life refused to continue covering Ramsey under the policy.
Ramsey filed suit and the court below took jurisdiction under the pre-emptive sweep of the…
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- Martin Hansen, Cross-Appellee v. The Continental Insurance Company and Commercial Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
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