Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama v. Lewis

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ACKER, District Judge.

This case arises out of the following undisputed facts:

1. Lewis, Martin, Burnett & Dunkle, P.C., a law firm in Birmingham, Alabama, had an ERISA-governed group health and medical benefit plan administered and underwritten by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama (Blue Cross).

2. As an employee of Lewis, Martin, Burnett & Dunkle, P.C., J. William Lewis and his family were covered under the said plan when on December 28, 1988, his wife, Lorraine, and his daughter, Dierdre, were badly injured in an automobile accident.

3. The language of the Blue Cross…