Legal Opinion
O'ROURKE v. Access Health, Inc.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided July 5, 1996No. 1-94-0079PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hourihane
Plaintiff, Vivian O’Rourke (Mrs. O’Rourke), a breast cancer patient, sued her insurer, Access Health, Inc. (Access), for refusing to pay the costs associated with a bone marrow transplant prescribed by her physician, but determined by Access to be "experimental” and thus not a plan benefit. Plaintiff appeals the trial court’s dismissal with prejudice of her complaint, pursuant to section 2 — 619 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Code) (735 ILCS 5/2 — 619 (West 1994)).
On appeal, plaintiff argues that the trial court erred in granting defendant’s motion by (i) finding no ambiguity in the…
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- Penny Jo Bechtold v. Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
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