FUJA v. BENEFIT TRUST LIFE INS. CO.

No. 93-1150.

18 F.3d 1405 (1994)

Kenneth FUJA, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Grace R. Fuja, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BENEFIT TRUST LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 18, 1994.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied April 18, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Conlon, Eugene A. Schoon, Robert A. Downing, Amy D. Mayber (argued), John M. Schloerb, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellee.

Daniel A. Engel (argued), Daniel A. Engel, Peterson & Ross, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellant.

Before BAUER and COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and SKINNER, District Judge.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied April 18, 1994*.

COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

Grace Rodela Fuja, a thirty-seven year-old woman suffering from breast cancer, sued her insurer, the defendant, Benefit Trust Life Insurance Company ("Benefit Trust"), for its refusal to pay for a "high-dose chemotherapy treatment with autologous bone marrow transplantation" ("HDC/ABMT"). Fuja sought injunctive and declaratory relief to...

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