BULLWINKEL v. NEW ENGLAND MUT. LIFE INS. CO.

No. 93-1509.

18 F.3d 429 (1994)

Madelaine BULLWINKEL and George E. Bullwinkel, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 7, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Smith (argued), Chicago, IL, for plaintiffs-appellants.

J. Robert Geiman, William A. Chittenden, III, and Douglas Varga (argued), Peterson & Ross, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, MANION, Circuit Judge, and GRANT, District Judge.


MANION, Circuit Judge.

In September 1991, Madelaine Bullwinkel had a lump removed from her left breast. The lump was later discovered to be cancerous. She filed a claim with her insurance company seeking coverage for the lump removal and subsequent cancer treatments. The insurance company denied coverage under the pre-existing condition limitation in the insurance policy. The company concluded that the lump, which Madelaine first discovered in July, and which was...

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