7th Circuit: Class Suit Over Increased Premiums After Age 67 May Proceed

Mealey's (February 9, 2018, 12:44 PM EST) -- CHICAGO — A Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Feb. 6 reinstated a class suit accusing an insurance company of breaching its long-term care policy by doubling an insured’s premiums after she turned 67, ruling that the lead named plaintiff is entitled to relief on her contract claim and that, as a result, dismissal of the remaining claims was premature (Margery Newman, et al. v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, No. 17-1844, 7th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 2890)....