Suzanne Lucas v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company

Summary

This document is a joint letter-motion by the parties in Suzanne Lucas v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company requesting permission to file an administrative record, appeal materials, and surveillance video under seal. The parties cited medical, personally identifying, and other sensitive information as grounds for sealing. On November 24, 2025, Judge Valerie Caproni granted the application in part, allowing Exhibits A, B, C, and E to be filed under seal while directing the defendant to file Exhibit D publicly or provide further justification for sealing it.

Holdings

1. Good cause supported sealing Exhibits A, B, C, and E of the Lunemann Declaration because the materials were voluminous and permeated with confidential medical, personally identifiable, and other sensitive information, and sealing was the most narrowly tailored practical means of protecting that information.
2. Exhibit D could not be sealed on the showing made because it did not appear to contain sensitive information; Defendant was required either to file it publicly or explain in greater detail why sealing was warranted.

Questions Presented

1. Whether good cause supported sealing the administrative record, surveillance footage, and related appeal documents because they contained medical and personally identifiable information.
2. Whether Exhibit D of the Lunemann Declaration should also be filed under seal.

Disposition

other