United States Sixth Circuit
KOLLING v. BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN, 01-2117
Because health care benefit plans covering participants in employee-sponsored plans were not goods offered by a place of public accommodation, ADA claims for denial of reimbursement coverage for speech therapy were properly dismissed.
Appellate Information
- Argued 01/30/2003
- Decided 02/07/2003
- Published 02/07/2003
Judges
- Before: MARTIN, Chief Circuit Judge; MERRITT and LAY, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Sixth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Blake P. Lipman (argued and briefed), Joel H. Kaufman (briefed), Law Offices of Joel Kaufman, Farmington Hills, MI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Leo A. Nouhan (argued and briefed), Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Michigan, Colleen C. Cohan (briefed), Blue Cross & Blue Shield Litigation Dept., Detroit, MI, for Defendant-Appellee.