Loucka v. Lincoln National Life Insurance Company

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WESLEY LOUCKA, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 1:17-cv-01375 (TNM) LINCOLN NAT’L LIFE INS. CO., Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION This case involves the fraught question of insurance coverage for individuals with symptoms associated with Lyme disease. Wesley Loucka brought this action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, see 29 U.S.C. § 1132, claiming that Lincoln National Life Insurance Company improperly denied him disability benefits. Mr. Loucka says that Lincoln unreasonably concluded that he suffers from Chronic Fatigue…