Steiner v. Minnesota Life Insurance Co.

Opinion by

Chief Judge HUME.

Plaintiff, Eric Steiner, M.D., appeals the judgment dismissing his breach of contract, bad faith, and outrageous conduct claims against defendants, Minnesota Life Insurance Company and its agents, Larry Norlin and Tim Schloesser, and awarding costs in favor of defendants. We affirm.-

Plaintiff, an anesthesiologist, entered into a disability insurance contract with Minnesota Life, through agents Norlin and Schloesser in 1991. In 1998, plaintiff s alcohol and opiate dependence, together with a panic disorder, rendered him unable to work. Plaintiff underwent over two…