Legal Opinion
Doukas v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
District Court, D. New Hampshire
Decided December 19, 1996No. 1:19-adr-00002PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
DEVINE, Senior District Judge.
This civil action raises the novel question of whether and to what extent the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-12213 (Supp.1994), would apply to an insurance agency’s decision to deny coverage to an individual otherwise covered by the Act. Plaintiff Susan K. Doukas brought this action as a result of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company’s (MetLife) denial of her application for mortgage disability insurance. The court has previously granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the Fair Housing Act claim, 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601-3631 (1977 &…
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