Disability Claimant’s Injury Was Related To Intoxication, 11th Circuit Panel Concludes

Mealey's (June 6, 2017, 8:34 AM EDT) -- ATLANTA — The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on June 2 reversed a District Court’s ruling that a disability insurer’s denial of benefits based on the plan’s intoxication exclusion was de novo wrong after determining that that the evidence clearly shows that the claimant’s injury was related to intoxication (Steven D. Prelutsky v. Greater Georgia Life Insurance Co., No. 16-15900, 11th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 9759)....