Questão jurídica principal
Whether the insured person unexcusedly violated the duty to cooperate by failing to respond to the ordered MEDAS examination process.
Decisão extraída
Yes. The failure to react to the notices and to contact the assessment center without medical justification constituted an unexcused breach of cooperation duties.
Fundamentação extraída
The court held that the sanctionable breach was not only missing the appointments, but also failing to respond to the insurer's and MEDAS's correspondence. The examination was reasonable and medically indicated, and no valid reason prevented at least written or telephone contact.