Court Approves Investigation into Hartford’s Potential Conflict of Interest
A federal magistrate in a California disability case has ruled that lawyers can seek evidence, as part of the discovery process, as to a group disability insurer’s potential conflict of interest. The magistrate agreed with the view that the US Supreme Court’s decision in Glenn v. Metlife last year permits inquiry into a potential history of bias and whether an insurer has taken steps to wall off claims personnel from insurer’s financial personnel.
Evan Schwartz and Michail Hack of Quadrino Schwartz published an article in the wake of the Glenn v. Metlife decision arguing that the Supreme Court’s analysis authorized such investigations of insurer claims practices in ERISA cases. Click here for a description of the Schwartz and Hack Article>.
