Court Opinion

ID: 9849775
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 04:46:08.737809+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:20:25.875832
License: Public Domain

Whitman, Judge,
concurring specially. I concur in the judgment of reversal for the reason that in my view the exclusionary clause in the policy sued on relates only to medical benefits under any different policy issued by an insurance company or plan other than of the defendant, which different policy or plan had *412been or would be arranged through the defendant or by an employer of plaintiff other than the defendant. The insurance issued to the father was under an insurance plan through his employer and the Republican National Insurance Company. This insurance was not arranged by the defendant and plaintiff was not the employee of any other employer. The exclusionary clause is clear and definite and is susceptible of one construction, and that is that it has no unfavorable application to plaintiff’s claim for the full amount of the medical expenses sued for.
Brief of appellant “urges this court to consider and reverse the construction placed upon the non-duplication provision of said policy by the trial court (the policy sued on) and direct the trial court to enter a judgment for appellant in the amount of two thousand three hundred sixty-four and 85/100 ($2,364.85) dollars,” thereby apparently abandoning claim for damages and attorney’s fees originally sued for. This concurring opinion does not pass on any right of recovery, if any, by plaintiff in respect of claimed damages and attorney’s fees.