Gibson v. Connecticut General Life Insurance

Shulman, Judge.

Appellant was injured on the job while an employer-purchased group disability insurance policy issued by appellee-Connecticut General Life Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut (hereinafter "Connecticut General”) was in effect. Connecticut General made disability benefit payments to the appellant for a time, but, after learning that appellant’s Veterans’ Administration disability compensation benefits had *800been increased following appellant’s injury, reduced those payments. Appellant brought suit to recover the amount by which the insurance policy benefits were decreased.…