The Lokken v. UHC Discovery Battle and What It Means for Insurers Using AI

The federal court discovery battle in Estate of Lokken v. UnitedHealth Group (UHC) (see complaint here) at Docket # 2023-cv-03514 (D. Minn. 2025) reveals what every insurer using AI and LLM’s will face: aggressive discovery demands targeting not just whether AI was used, but how it was developed, trained, validated, and deployed. While the Lokken court has postponed its ruling on plaintiffs’ motion to compel, the battle lines are drawn—and they expose the tension between plaintiffs’ right to…
By: Houston Harbaugh, P.C.