Insurers cannot rely on the opinions of doctors who are asked to review a disability claim if the information provided to that reviewing doctor is incomplete or suggests the outcome that the insurer may have been hoping for.
Those were the conclusions that emerged in a pair of decisions handed down last week by two Eastern District federal judges who ruled in favor of plaintiffs suing over denials of long-term disability benefits.
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