MALICAN v. BLUE SHIELD


80 Misc.2d 1003 (1975)

William Malican, Plaintiff, v. Blue Shield of Western New York, Inc., Defendant.

City Court of Buffalo.

January 2, 1975


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hodgson, Russ, Andrews, Woods & Goodyear (Jerome D. Schad of counsel), for plaintiff. Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber (Paul Zuydhoek of counsel), for defendant.


H. BUSWELL ROBERTS, J.

The question presented herein is whether services rendered to plaintiff by two psychiatric social workers at the Psychiatric Clinic, Inc., which is an outpatient facility, are covered under the terms of a Blue Shield contract for "medical benefits".

It is the position of the defendant that psychiatric services, to be covered, must be personally rendered by a physician, psychiatrist...

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