Caldwell v. Life Insurance Co. of North America

How courts have described this case

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• noting that whether to award prejudgment interest is within the discretion of the trial court
• providing that prejudgment interest is available to make the plaintiff whole and compensate plaintiff for the lost opportunity to use the money which defendant retained
• stating that prejudgment interest is available to compensate a party for the time between incurring economic loss to the time of judgment
• explaining that prejudgment interest in the Tenth Circuit “compensate[s] the wronged party for being deprived of the monetary value of his loss from the time of the loss to the payment of the judgment” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)
• remanding “any occupation” disability claim to claims administrator because denial letter failed to specify a reason for the decision
• “We give less deference if a plan administrator fails to gather or examine relevant evidence.”

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