Disability Claimant’s Suit Dismissed Without Prejudice; No Support For Agent Theory

Mealey's (August 16, 2022, 1:13 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge on Aug. 12 granted a disability insurer’s motion to dismiss a breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit after determining that the claimant, who sought disability benefits under a policy issued to a bone marrow donor program, failed to show that that the program was acting as an agent for the disability insurer when his claim for benefits was denied....