5th Circuit: No Attorney Fees For Insurer After Dismissal Of ERISA Claims

Mealey's (January 8, 2018, 1:48 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 2 ruled that an insurer was properly denied attorney fees it was seeking from a medical provider in a lawsuit alleging unpaid and underpaid reimbursement requests because the district court has “broad discretion” in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act case and there was no abuse of discretion (Victory Medical Center Houston, Limited Partnership v. CareFirst of Maryland, Incorporated, No. 15-10053, 5th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 170)....