ANDERSON v. BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD OF ALABAMA

No. 89-7696.

907 F.2d 1072 (1990)

Robert E. ANDERSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD OF ALABAMA, Health Maintenance Group, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 1, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville, Charles C. Pinckney, Birmingham, Ala., for defendants-appellants.

Heninger Burge & Vargo, Stephen D. Heninger, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FAY and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges, and GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


FAY, Circuit Judge:

Appellee Robert Anderson sued his health insurers, appellants Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama (Blue Cross) and Health Maintenance Group of Birmingham, Inc. (HMG), for denied benefits. The trial court held appellants liable under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., for the medical expenses Anderson had incurred. Because the trial court misconstrued the applicable standard of review...

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