Time Insurance Co. v. English

BASKIN, Judge.

Whether federal worker’s compensation benefits compensate for loss of time or for disability is the underlying issue in this appeal. Time Insurance Company contends the terms are interchangeable, arguing that worker’s compensation benefits paid to ap-pellee English constituted payments for loss of time and were therefore includable in the Relation of Earnings to Insurance Clause of the disability insurance policy contract between Time and English. Under Time’s interpretation, English’s policy would yield a smaller payment. Time also contends it was entitled to include its…