Lack Of Expert Testimony Doomed Bid For More Disability Income Benefits

( November 13, 2026, 12:52 PM EST) -- CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — Granting summary judgment in a disability insurance case where the parties offered differing interpretations of the policy, a New York federal judge agreed with the defendant’s reading but said that even if the plaintiff’s reading had been correct, the sole claim would have failed for lack of expert testimony that was required under New York law....