Legal Opinion
Linda Lange v. Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 8, 1988No. 87-1761PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:
A jury returned a verdict in favor of Linda Lange for $200,000 on her breach of contract claim against Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company. Penn Mutual had refused to pay Lange insurance proceeds from a policy of life insurance on the life of her former husband. The jury also awarded Lange $85,000 on her bad faith claim against Penn Mutual and $327,000 in punitive damages. In post trial proceedings, the district court awarded Lange attorney fees of $149,208.75. This award included an upward adjustment of 1.5 times the “lodestar” fee amount.
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