Mertes v. California-Western States Life Insurance Co.

OPINION

JAMES, Justice.

This is a suit on a group hospitalization policy. The question before us is whether The Oaks Residential Treatment Center, in Austin, Texas, is a “hospital” as defined in the insurance policy under which hospital benefits were sought. We hold that this treatment center was not a “hospital” as defined in said policy, and affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The daughter of Plaintiff-Appellant James F. Mertes had developed serious emotional problems and a personality disorder, and as a result, she was admitted on an in-patient basis to The Oaks Residential Treatment…