By Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The property of Chuck Shut, the artist recognized for large photorealist portraits of himself and others, settled a lawsuit accusing Cigna (NYSE:) of failing to pay a whole lot of hundreds of {dollars} for wanted medical care within the final years of his life.
In a submitting late Friday in Manhattan federal court docket, a lawyer for Shut’s property mentioned either side reached an settlement in precept to settle, and count on to finish a settlement inside 45 days and dismiss the case. Phrases weren’t disclosed.
Cigna, the insurer’s lawyer and the lawyer for Shut’s property didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
Shut died in August 2021 at age 81.
He used a wheelchair after being paralyzed in 1988 with a uncommon spinal artery rupture, and was later identified with Alzheimer’s illness and frontotemporal dementia. Shut started receiving in-home nursing care in 2015.
The property sued Cigna in August 2022 for $686,723 in “wrongly denied advantages” plus curiosity.
Final December, a decide dismissed Cigna’s counterclaim to recoup $357,684 for companies it believed weren’t medically essential.
Shut’s larger-than-life portraits featured many well-known topics, together with composer Philip Glass and mannequin Kate Moss. His portraits might be indistinguishable from images when reproduced, as in books.
The case is Property of Shut v Cigna Well being and Life Insurance coverage Corp, U.S. District Court docket, Southern District of New York, No. 22-07449.