[DOWNLOAD] "Ledingham v. Blue Cross" by Supreme Court of Illinois * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Ledingham v. Blue Cross
- Author : Supreme Court of Illinois
- Release Date : January 01, 1976
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
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A Madison County circuit court jury awarded plaintiffs, Harold A. Ledingham and his wife Rita, $9,200 as compensatory and punitive damages for the failure of corporate defendants Blue Cross Plan for Hospital Care of Hospital Service Corporation and Blue Shield of Illinois Medical Service to honor plaintiffs' claims for amounts paid by them for medical and hospital care. Defendants appealed from the judgment entered on that verdict, and the Fifth District Appellate Court reversed the punitive damages award, directing the trial court to enter judgment for $1,592.85, the amount of the compensatory damages and interest. (29 Ill. App.3d 339.) The original appellate court opinion filed June 12, 1975, made no reference to the costs of the litigation. Its mandate, issued July 21, treated its judgment as a reversal, and authorized defendants to recover their costs from plaintiffs. Thereafter defendants requested the appellate court clerk to tax various items as costs in a total amount of $2,557.30. Immediately upon receiving a copy of that request on October 29, plaintiffs moved that the appellate court reconsider the matter of costs, and that court then disallowed several items, apportioning the remainder 70% against plaintiffs and 30% against defendants. So divided, defendants' costs assessed against plaintiffs total $1,522.92. Plaintiffs sought and we allowed leave to appeal.