Legal Opinion
Lutsky v. Blue Cross Hospital Service, Inc. of Missouri
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided September 10, 1985No. 66698PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKMAR, Judge.
The plaintiffs became members of the Missouri Farm Bureau Federation (Farm Bureau) in May, 1981. This membership made them eligible for a group health care plan (Com-Pac) provided by defendants Blue Cross Hospital Service, Inc. of Missouri and Missouri Medical Service (Blue Shield). Plaintiffs applied for membership in the Com-Pac program and were issued a membership card insuring themselves and their minor son, Loren.
On October 8, 1981 Loren became a patient at Meninger Foundation Children’s Hospital in Topeka, Kansas, for treatment of a mental illness, and remained there…
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