Award Of Attorney Fees Would Impose Financial Hardship On Disability Claimant

(December 10, 2020, 4:16 PM EST) -- PHOENIX — An Arizona federal judge on Dec. 3 denied a disability insurer’s motion for attorney fees and costs after determining that the claimant met her burden of proving that an award of attorney fees would impose a financial hardship on her (Cynthia Cheney v. United States Life Insurance Company in the City of New York, No. 17-004, D. Ariz., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 230724)....