METHODIST MED. CENTER OF ILL. v. AMERICAN MED. SEC.

No. 93-3631.

38 F.3d 316 (1994)

METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN MEDICAL SECURITY INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 14, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Lee Smith, Asst. U.S. Atty., Barbara K. Parker, Thomas A. McConnaughay, Westervelt, Johnson, Nicoll & Keller, Peoria, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.

Joshua G. Vincent, Christine L. Olson (argued), D. Kendall Griffith, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago, IL, Douglas A. Marshall, D. Kevin Sommer, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Peoria, IL, for defendant-appellee.

Before BAUER, COFFEY and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

Lois McBride, a 60 year old woman suffering from heart disease, assigned her group health insurance benefits to plaintiff-appellant Methodist Medical Center of Illinois ("Methodist"), upon her admission to the hospital as a patient. Lois McBride died in the hospital a few weeks later. Methodist subsequently sued Mrs. McBride's insurer, defendant-appellee American Medical Security, Inc. ("AMS"), seeking reimbursement for Mrs. McBride's medical...

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