Kevin Horbatiuk received a favorable decision for our client in the case Cohen v. Life Insurance Company of North America, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Civil Action No. 17 CV 9270) from District Judge J. Paul Oetken. Plaintiff sought an award of fees under ERISA in the amount of $57,910.00, $710.49 in costs and $9,357.53 in interest calculated using the 9 percent statutory interest rate in the CPLR. Judge Oetken acknowledged that Cohen was entitled to fees under ERISA, that his counsel's rates were reasonable based upon current case law in the Southern District and that the amount of costs he sought was reasonable. He adopted however the argume
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