WITCRAFT v. SUNDSTRAND HEALTH & DIS. GR.

No. 87-49.

420 N.W.2d 785 (1988)

Thomas J. WITCRAFT and Jill Witcraft, Appellees, v. SUNDSTRAND HEALTH AND DISABILITY GROUP BENEFIT PLAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 16, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank B. Harty of Nyemaster, Goode, McLaughlin, Emery & O'Brien, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Witcraft and Jill Witcraft, pro se.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, SCHULTZ, LAVORATO, and SNELL, JJ.


LAVORATO, Justice.

In this single-issue appeal we must decide whether the terms of a health insurance plan cover the treatment of a husband and wife for infertility. The district court, disagreeing with the small claims magistrate, held that the broad definition of "illness" in the plan, coupled with the absence of a specific exclusion of infertility treatments, indicated that such treatments are indeed covered. Because we think the district court was correct, we...

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