A former CEO of a large disability-focused nonprofit has been awarded a $14 million judgment in a suit claiming the organization wrongfully stopped paying out his pension and life insurance benefits.

Joel Levy has been awarded $11 million in cash payments, based on payouts owed under a pension plan instituted in 1985 by defendant Young Adult Institute, Inc., and $3.2 million in employer life insurance benefits, according to an order by Southern District Judge Paul Oetken.

The cash payments include a $3.4 million lump-sum payout, along with lifetime semi-monthly cash payments, said plaintiffs' lawyer Michael Rakower, of Rakower Law in Manhattan.