Lee Prather v. Sun Life Financial

Lee Prather v. Sun Life Financial

Plaintiff - Appellant:	LEE ANN PRATHER
Defendant - Appellee:	SUN LIFE FINANCIAL, DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
Case Number:	16-1861
Filed:	April 19, 2016
Court:	U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Nature of Suit:	Insurance

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Date Filed	Description
December 13, 2016	Prather v. Sun Life & Health Insurance Co.
March 30, 2017	Prather v. Sun Life Financial Insurance Co.

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March 30, 2017	Filing 702966948 Filed opinion of the court by Judge Posner. The result of these adjustments is to reduce the number of hours on which the $37,170 fee award is based from 59 to 49, yielding (with a further adjustment, reducing the attorney s billing rate from $630 to $620, on the ground that the $630 rate reflected an excessive rate increase of 5 percent from his hourly rate of $600 in 2015) a total fee award of $30,380 which is the amount we award the plaintiff. So ordered. [6807824-2] Diane P. Wood, Chief Judge; Richard A. Posner, Circuit Judge and Ann Claire Williams, Circuit Judge. [6829863-1] [6829863] [16-1861]
December 13, 2016	Filing 702899428 Filed opinion of the court by Judge Posner. Because Sun Life failed to make any plausible showing that the surgery on Prather s ankle, rather than the accident that necessitated the surgery, caused his death, the judgment in favor of the defendant is REVERSED and the district court is instructed to enter judgment in favor of the plaintiff. See Senkier v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co., 948 F.2d 1050, 1052 (7th Cir. 1991). Diane P. Wood, Chief Judge; Richard A. Posner, Circuit Judge and Ann Claire Williams, Circuit Judge. [6804233-1] [6804233] [16-1861]

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March 30, 2017

Filing 702966948 Filed opinion of the court by Judge Posner. The result of these adjustments is to reduce the number of hours on which the $37,170 fee award is based from 59 to 49, yielding (with a further adjustment, reducing the attorney s billing rate from $630 to $620, on the ground that the $630 rate reflected an excessive rate increase of 5 percent from his hourly rate of $600 in 2015) a total fee award of $30,380 which is the amount we award the plaintiff. So ordered. [6807824-2] Diane P. Wood, Chief Judge; Richard A. Posner, Circuit Judge and Ann Claire Williams, Circuit Judge. [6829863-1] [6829863] [16-1861]

December 13, 2016

Filing 702899428 Filed opinion of the court by Judge Posner. Because Sun Life failed to make any plausible showing that the surgery on Prather s ankle, rather than the accident that necessitated the surgery, caused his death, the judgment in favor of the defendant is REVERSED and the district court is instructed to enter judgment in favor of the plaintiff. See Senkier v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co., 948 F.2d 1050, 1052 (7th Cir. 1991). Diane P. Wood, Chief Judge; Richard A. Posner, Circuit Judge and Ann Claire Williams, Circuit Judge. [6804233-1] [6804233] [16-1861]

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Plaintiff - appellant: LEE ANN PRATHER
Represented By:	Mark D. DeBofsky
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Defendant - appellee: SUN LIFE FINANCIAL, DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
Represented By:	Edna Sybil Kersting
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