Question juridique clé
Whether the claim for the invalidity capital was time-barred and whether invoking prescription was abusive.
Solution extraite
The insurer could not rely on prescription because its correspondence reasonably led the insured to wait for the medical expertise and to believe the benefit would be paid.
Motifs extraits
The insurer's letters in 2000 and 2001 suggested that only the exact degree of invalidity remained to be determined. Given the short two-year period and the insurer's conduct, the heirs' inaction during that period was objectively understandable.