11th Circuit Says Disability Plan’s Pre-Existing Condition Provision Does Not Apply

Mealey's (September 5, 2017, 12:48 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 31 reversed and remanded a district’s court ruling after determining that a disability insurer’s denial of benefits based on the plan’s pre-existing condition provision was not reasonable because there is no evidence that the claimant’s healthy pregnancy caused or contributed to a stroke suffered by the claimant six months after her child was born (Julissa Bradshaw v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co., No. 16-11125, 11th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 16779)....