Thursday, April 08, 2010

Disabled Man Sues Claiming The Hartford Unfairly Cut Off Benefits


Insurance companies say conducting video surveillance on claimants is often necessary to prevent insurance fraud, but some disabled people say their insurance company has gone too far. They are claiming the Hartford wrongfully terminated their disability benefits on the basis of innocuous surveillance video- which their doctors say isn't convincing evidence they can return to work.


We heard from these claimants after "Good Morning America" aired a story about Jack "Rocky" Whitten, who says hisdisability insurance benefits were unfairly cut off after a private investigator hired by The Hartford filmed him getting into a van, reading a magazine and dipping a taco chip into salsa.


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