Breach Of Contract Suit Against Disability Income Insurer Is Time-Barred

Mealey's (April 4, 2023, 11:21 AM EDT) -- FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A disability claimant’s breach of contract suit against its disability income insurers is time-barred because the claimant failed to file suit within five years of the insurer determining that the claimant’s total disability benefits would be payable only through his 65th birthday and not through the remainder of the claimant’s life, a Florida federal judge said in granting the insurer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings....