Split 6th Circuit Affirms: Time Limit, Not Dollar Limit, Applies To Benefit

Mealey's (September 13, 2020, 12:48 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in an Aug. 27 split decision affirmed a lower court's dismissal of a lawsuit that argued that an insurer should apply a long-term care insurance policy's maximum dollar limit, and not a six-year limit, to an "alternative" benefit that resulted from an earlier class action settlement (Kathleen O'Keefe v. Continental Casualty Co., No. 20-3014, 6th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 27561)....