Johnston v. Aetna Life Ins. Co.

Jonathan Goodman, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

In their song "Don't Speak," the rock band No Doubt sang the following lament about being rejected: "Don't speak / I know what you're thinking / I don't need your reasons / Don't tell me cause it hurts."1 But in the instant case, Plaintiff urges a completely contrary theme: he wants to know why he was rejected. In fact, the discovery dispute at issue arises from Plaintiff's desire to know exactly what Defendant was thinking when it turned down his disability claim, and the tussle also concerns his efforts to know all the reasons for Defendant's…