Credit Union to Pay over $200,000 for Unlawful Seizure of Social Security Disability Check

A Connecticut state court judge has ruled that the taking of Middletown resident Naomi Odell's $13,800 social security disability check by Wallingford Municipal Federal Credit Union amounted to a theft and awarded the woman more than $200,000 in damages.

The court "awarded Odell $41,403 in damages, another $41,403 in punitive damages, $21,443 in trebled interest, roughly $83,400 in attorney fees and costs for Faulkner, and $12,866 in attorney fees for Pothin.

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