Denver C. Fletcher v. Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company

Denver C. Fletcher filed suit against his insurer, Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company (the Company), seeking disability benefits for alleged total disability as a result of his exposure to formaldehyde at his place of employment. He later amended his complaint to include a claim for bad faith refusal to pay the proceeds of the policy. The Company filed a motion for physical examination by a physician of the Company’s choice. The district court 1 ordered Fletcher to submit to an examination by a physician in Denver, Colorado. Two years later, the examination still had not been…