Legal Opinion
Taaffe v. Life Insurance Co. of North America
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 23, 2011No. 09 Civ. 6710(FM)PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
FRANK MAAS, United States Magistrate Judge.
Plaintiff Carolyn Taaffe (“Taaffe”) commenced this action against defendant Life Insurance Company of North America (“LINA”) under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq. Taaffe now seeks to recover prejudgment interest on $165,000 in long term disability benefits paid by LINA on April 20, 2010, as well as the attorneys’ fees and costs that she incurred in prosecuting this case.
For the reasons set forth below, the Court awards Taaffe $66,062.26, consisting of $12,244.68 in prejudgment…
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