Saxe v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

Plaintiff commenced the instant suit against the defendant Metropolitan Life Insurance Company CMetLife) to recover the sum of $1,823 for the cost of a special visual therapy teacher for his daughter. The defendant denied coverage on the ground that the special visual therapy teacher was not a "Provider” as that term was defined in the Í992 amendment to the certificate of insurance. For the reasons set forth herein, we affirm the judgment in favor of plaintiff.

The defendant’s daughter suffers from cortical visual impairment. It is undisputed that the only method…