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EGERT v. CONNECTICUT GENERAL LIFE INS. CO.

No. 89-2091.

900 F.2d 1032 (1990)

Abraham EGERT and Christine Kraft-Egert, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CONNECTICUT GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and Employee Benefit Plan of the Canteen Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 17, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terence E. Flynn, Gessler, Flynn, Fleischmann, Hughes & Socol, Steven Saltzman, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jean F. Holloway, James A. Hardgrove, Sidley & Austin, Michael K. Lulich, and Gregory G. Lawton, Modesto, Reynolds & McDermott, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUDAHY, FLAUM and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Christine Kraft-Egert wants to bear a child; an ectopic pregnancy and occluded fallopian tube, however, have left her infertile. She has turned to modern medicine — specifically, to in vitro fertilization ("IVF") — to allow her to do artificially what she cannot do naturally. Since she cannot afford the expensive procedure, she has asked her husband's medical insurance carrier, which reimburses the company's employees and their...

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