Disability Plan Clearly Required Evidence Of Good Health, Judge Says

Mealey's (March 12, 2019, 1:12 PM EDT) -- GULFPORT, Miss. — Reconsideration of the denial of a disability claimant’s motion for summary judgment is not warranted because the disability plan clearly requires applicants to provide evidence of good health to obtain coverage if they failed to enroll in the disability plan within 31 days of eligibility, a Mississippi federal judge said March 11 in denying the disability claimant’s motion for reconsideration (Jason Ward v. Aetna Life Insurance Co., No. 17-331, S.D. Miss., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 38196). ...