New York Federal Judge: Bipolar Disorder Subject To Disability Plan’s 24-Month Cap

(June 19, 2017, 10:23 AM EDT) -- BROOKLYN, N.Y. — A New York federal judge on June 14 said a disability insurer did not act arbitrarily and capriciously in relying on the American Psychiatric Association’s definition of mental illness when determining that bipolar disorder is a mental illness and subject to the plan’s 24-month cap on disability benefits for a mental illness (Marry Kim v. The Hartford Life Insurance Co., No. 15-2474, E.D. N.Y., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 91660)....

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