Riggs v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance Company

Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS CENTRAL DIVISION

BRENDA RIGGS PLAINTIFF

V. No. 4:22-cv-1017-DPM

HARTFORD LIFE & ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY; COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION; and DXC TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LLC DEFENDANTS ORDER Riggs’s unopposed motion for attorney’s fees and costs, Doc. 34, is granted as modified. 11 U.S.C. § 1132(g); Lawrence v. Westerhaus, 749 F.2d 494, 495-96 (8th Cir. 1984). The hourly rate ($250.00) and the time spent (36.2 hours) are reasonable. While all of the out-of-pocket expenses may not be costs as defined by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54 and 28 U.S.C. § 1920, they are all the kinds of expenses routinely billed to the client in this District. They’re thus part of a reasonable fee. The Court therefore awards Riggs the total requested — $10,461.20 —as a reasonable attorney’s fee and costs. The Court notes and appreciates the parties’ stipulated (with appeal rights reserved) benefit and pre-judgment interest calculation. Judgment will issue.

So Ordered. —_Pranstoolh JF __ D.P. Marshall Jr. United States District Judge LY May 20a

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