BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD OF GEORGIA/ATLANTA, INC. v. MERRELL

67876.

170 Ga. App. 86 (1984)

316 S.E.2d 548

BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD OF GEORGIA/ATLANTA, INC. v. MERRELL.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided March 2, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick L. Swindall, Michael Hurst, for appellant.

David H. Tisinger, Kevin B. Buice, for appellee.


BANKE, Judge.

The appellee sued the appellant insurer alleging that it wrongfully failed to pay her claim for medical expenses incurred as the result of her hospitalization for treatment of a pulmonary embolus, and a jury awarded her a bad-faith penalty and attorney fees in addition to damages. The appellant insurer had rejected the claim based on evidence that the treatment was for a pre-existing condition, the plaintiff having suffered a pulmonary embolus on two...

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