Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. Ouellette

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• noting that the insured was able to practice optometry for ten years after the disorder manifested itself
• holding that an insurance company is not liable for the loss of earned income that results from a license suspension, or other consequences of the insured’s unlawful behavior, when insured is otherwise not incapable of performing his occupational duties
• stating that to “imposte] liability on disability insurance companies ... would be contrary to the public interest in discouraging coverage for an insured’s own intentional criminal conduct”
• recognizing applicability of rule of inferred intent for acts of sexual abuse
• enforcing public policy to deny claim for disability benefits when legal proceedings against insured caused loss of income
• optometrist with atypical par-aphelia convicted and imprisoned for lewd and lascivious conduct

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