Key legal question
Whether the insured had to live with her father for EL purposes under the duty to mitigate damage.
Extracted holding
Yes. It was reasonable to require her to forgo her own apartment and live with her father, so lower housing costs had to be used in the EL calculation.
Extracted reasoning
Under the duty to mitigate, an EL claimant must take reasonable steps a prudent person would take to keep reimbursable costs low. Given the high use of EL and the lack of personal reasons against cohabitation, living with the father was a reasonable measure.