Legal Opinion
Thies v. Life Insurance Co. of North America
District Court, W.D. Kentucky
Decided January 4, 2012No. Case No. 5:09-CV-00098-TBRPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*889MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
THOMAS B. RUSSELL, Senior District Judge.
This matter is before the Court upon the Plaintiffs’ Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and Costs. DN 83. The Defendant has responded. DN 86. The Plaintiffs have replied. DN 87. Fully briefed, this matter is now ripe for adjudication. For the following reasons, Plaintiffs’ motion is GRANTED.
BACKGROUND
On May 28, 2006, Wade Thies was killed while operating a jet ski on Kentucky Lake. At the time of his death, Thies was a riverboat captain employed by Ingram Industries, Inc., a corporation that subscribed to a policy of accidental…
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