Order unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs and matter remitted to Supreme Court for further proceedings in accordance with the following Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in awarding plaintiffs $30,000 in attorneys' fees without conducting a hearing. In a prior order the court had awarded plaintiffs sanctions against defendant First UNUM Life Insurance Company (First UNUM) in the form of "attorney[s'] fees expended in litigating all discovery...
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