$60,605 In Attorney Fees Awarded In Policy Voidance Suit Over Murdered Spouse

( March 27, 2026, 10:35 AM EDT) -- PHOENIX — An Arizona federal judge awarded $60,605 in attorney fees to a life insurer in a declaratory judgment suit seeking to void a $750,000 life insurance policy after the insurer paid death benefits to the beneficiary, the deceased insured’s husband, who was later convicted of her murder, finding that the husband had no just defense for failure to respond to the complaint and while the lodestar method to calculate attorney fees was appropriate, the attorney fee request was reduced by the hours of clerical work....