No bad faith in disability insurer's claims investigation

If you're going to claim a disability based on a detached retina, don't be surprised if the carrier checks your golf scores.

By P.J. D'Annunzio | November 08, 2018 at 06:00 AM

A federal judge has rejected a dentist's lawsuit against his disability insurer over its refusal to cover him for an eye injury, finding that the insurer did not act in bad faith in its claims investigation, which allegedly included procuring his golf scores in an attempt to discredit his claim.

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