By Kyla Asbury
WV Record
BECKLEY — A man is suing Standard Insurance Company in federal court after he claims it breached its contract with him and acted in bad faith.
Richard Williamson was employed by West Virginia Department of Corrections as a corrections officer until he was unable to continue working on Feb. 5, 2010, according to a complaint filed Aug. 5 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia at Beckley.
Williamson claims on Feb. 5, 2010, he was unable to continue working in his own occupation at West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Agency and Standard paid benefits through Aug. 3, 2012.
With a family dependent on his income, Williamson recognized the need for disability insurance that would protect him from income loss in the event he could no longer work due to injury or illness and, as a result, had elected coverage for the purpose of securing disability insurance, according to the suit.
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