Disability Claimant's Opinions Are Not Relevant To Breach Of Contract Claim, Judge Says

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - A Pennsylvania federal judge on Sept. 17 determined that a disability claimant's opinions on the handling of his claim must be excluded from trial because the claimant's opinions are not relevant to the breach of contract claim and would be prejudicial to the disability insurer and that the claimant's expert witnesses cannot testify as to whether the claimant is disabled from his own occupation as a dentist because the experts do not have sufficient knowledge of the claimant's occupational duties (Dr. Robert Brugler v. Unum Group, et al., No. 15-1031, M.D. Pa., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 158503).
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