Weaver v. Blue Cross-Blue Shield

RAPER, Chief Justice.

In this appeal, we are concerned with the rights, both contractual and noncontractual, of an individual to convert a group health insurance policy to another group policy or to an individual policy and, at the same time, maintain continuous coverage which avoids repeating lengthy waiting periods for certain types of coverage. The appellant, Allison Weaver, made several attempts to convert her coverage with appel-lee, Blue Cross-Blue Shield, to another type of policy when she learned her employer was gong to cancel the group policy under which she was covered. The…