Claims Related To Missed Disability Payment Barred By Statutes Of Limitations

Mealey's (November 25, 2020, 1:31 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The majority of a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Nov. 20 affirmed a district court’s ruling that an insured’s claims based on an alleged missed disability income payment by a disability income insurer are barred by statutes of limitations because the claims accrued in 1998 when the alleged payment should have been issued (Renato Openiano v.  Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance  Co., et al., No. 19-56206, 9th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 36614)....