A multimillion-rand litigation battle is brewing between insurance giant Discovery Life and a gynaecologist, who is headed to court on Friday.

News24 notes the gynaecologist, Dr Patrick Tigere, is counter-suing Discovery for about R30m.

At the heart of Tigere's dispute with Discovery are the insurer's claims that he misrepresented himself when he applied for his policies and again after he submitted a claim.

Discovery rejected a disability claim that Tigere made in 2018 and wants him to pay back the R2m the insurer paid out before discovering the alleged misrepresentation and material non-disclosure.

However, Tigere, who has a private practice in Louis Trichardt, Limpopo, is denying any wrongdoing.

He says Discovery is trying to paint him as a fraudster.

Tigere's lawyer, Benedict Phiri, reportedly told News24 he was initially fighting for Discovery to reinstate his client's cover, but that has changed.

The new claim will include a lump sum of R8.8m for Tigere's disability claim and about R300 000 the doctor is meant to receive from Discovery for overhead expenses and the income continuation benefit.

He is meant to be paid the R300 000 until he is 65, bringing the total amount they are claiming for to about R30m, since Tigere is 61 now and Discovery stopped paying him in 2018.

Phiri is due to file the claim at the Limpopo High Court on Friday.

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