Forced to Relay Fatal Diagnosis to Her Mother

A case in a Louisiana federal court addressed an unusual question: what if circumstances at a hospital require that you, rather than hospital personnel, be the one to tell your mother she has only two weeks to live? Do you have a claim under federal disability law? It happened when Katrina Labouliere’s mother …

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4th Cir. Sides with Surgeon in Disability Policy Dispute

On May 5 the Fourth Circuit reversed a District Court decision upholding Lloyd’s of London’s rescission of a Maryland surgeon’s disability policies.  Lloyd’s had rescinded the policies because the surgeon gave false answers on the application forms.  The 4th Cir. found ambiguity in every question, even …

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