Legal Opinion
Kaplan v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided January 10, 2000No. 43464-1-IPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBaker, J.
— Jerrold Kaplan has been disabled by obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) since 1989, but did not file a claim under his disability insurance policies until he was actually diagnosed in 1994. In his claim, Kaplan requested disability benefits starting from 1989, but Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company declined Kaplan’s claim based upon failure to give notice and proof of claim “as soon as reasonably possible,” as required by the insurance policies in question.
Kaplan sued, and argued that he did give notice as soon as reasonably possible under the circumstances because he didn’t realize…
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