Saxe v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

OPINION OF THE COURT

Laura Jacobson, J.

Claimants commenced two small claims actions against, respectively, Group Health Inc. (GHI) and Metropolitan Life *636Insurance Company seeking reimbursement for visual therapy treatments provided to their infant daughter, Elana Jill Saxe. The cases were tried in seriatim and this judgment is rendered jointly for both cases.

Elana Jill Saxe was born prematurely on July 26, 1989 and as a result, suffers from several debilitating illnesses. Elana has been diagnosed with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy and has a significant visual disability which, it was…