Sun Life Insurance & Annuity Co. v. Braslow

In a stakeholder’s interpleader action pursuant to CPLR 1006 (f), the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Tolbert, J.), dated October 30, 2006, which denied its motion to be discharged from all further liability under an annuity upon the payment of the proceeds of the annuity into court, and for an award of an attorney’s fee and costs.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Westchester County, for a determination of the amount of the attorney’s fees and costs to be…