Magistrate Judge: Insurers Should Receive $2.8M In Attorney Fees

(April 20, 2017, 2:16 PM EDT) -- WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A federal magistrate judge in New York on April 14 recommended that insurance companies that prevailed on claims that a former claims adjuster and a contractor violated the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act (CUTPA) by engaging in a scheme to fraudulently inflate estimates to repair damages to properties insured by the plaintiff companies are entitled to $2.8 million in attorney fees and $656,684.36 in costs (Federal Insurance Company, et al. v. Paul H. Mertz Jr., et al., No. 12 Civ. 1597, S.D. N.Y., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 58458)....

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