Year:
2005
Court:
Massachusetts District Court
Case Number:
05-2877
Issue:
- ERISA
- Objective evidence of disability
State:
- Massachusetts
Anti-consumer and anti-policyholder affects of denying coverage in disability cases involving both a disease that is difficult to document objectively and an overwhelming amount of medical evidence that favors a finding of complete disability. Long term care insurance companies are sometimes permitted too much discretion…