Legal Opinion
Loucka v. Lincoln Nat'l Life Ins. Co.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 7, 2018No. Case No. 1:17-cv-01375 (TNM)PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TREVOR N. MCFADDEN, United States District Judge
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 Syndrome ("CFS"), a condition that the relevant policy limits to 24 months of long-term disability benefits. He asserts the he…
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