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FIELDS v. BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA

Docket No. 26829.

163 Cal.App.3d 570 (1985)

209 Cal. Rptr. 781

EDWARD L. FIELDS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.

January 11, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Shernoff & Levine and Harvey R. Levine for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Hassard, Bonnington, Rogers & Huber, William B. Sturgeon and B. Thomas French for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

STANIFORTH, Acting P.J.

Physician-psychiatrist Edward L. Fields' (Dr. Fields) action seeks compensatory damages from group insurer Blue Shield of California (Blue Shield) by reason of Blue Shield's refusal to pay for medical treatment (psychoanalysis) received by Dr. Fields in 1978. Dr. Fields also seeks punitive damages for breach of the insurer's duty of good faith and fair dealing.

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