Kaplan v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance

Kennedy, J. —

Jerrold I. Kaplan and his disability insurance carrier, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, dispute whether Kaplan is entitled to disability benefits from a date approximately five years earlier than the date Northwestern Mutual established for onset of disability.1 The case was tried to a jury, which returned a verdict adverse to Kaplan. Kaplan argues in this appeal that the verdict was the product of two prejudicial legal errors requiring reversal. First, Kaplan contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion for summary judgment on the question of whether the…