RIVER v. COMMERCIAL LIFE INS. CO.

No. 97-3581.

160 F.3d 1164 (1998)

Louis P. RIVER, III, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMERCIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 23, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Tepper (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Mary P. Benz (argued), Catherine J. Casey, Quinlan & Crisham, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before COFFEY, KANNE and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

In 1980, the plaintiff-appellant, Louis P. River ("River"), a surgeon licensed and practicing in the state of Illinois, was diagnosed with a manic depressive psychiatric problem. River continued to carry out his duties as a surgeon until 1985, when he was forced to terminate his surgical practice due to his psychiatric problem. In 1986, River's insurer, Commercial Life Insurance Company ("Commercial"), the defendant-appellee, began providing...

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