Cause Of Disability Incorrectly Classified As Sickness Rather Than Injury

(May 31, 2018, 12:54 PM EDT) -- PHOENIX — An Arizona federal judge on May 29 granted an insured’s motion for summary judgment after determining that a disability insurer incorrectly classified the insured’s disability as resulting from a sickness rather than from an accidental injury because the insured was not totally disabled by a pre-existing degenerative disc disease until after the accidental injury occurred (Thomas Scott Wood v. Provident Life and Accident Insurance Co., No. 17-2330, D. Ariz., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 89056)....

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