Judge Chops Fee Request For Tribe’s $8 Million Win Over Blue Cross For Hidden Fees

Mealey's (January 19, 2018, 8:59 AM EST) -- BAY CITY, Mich. — A Michigan Indian tribe that won an $8.4 million award for Blue Cross Blue Shield’s charging of hidden administrative fees for the tribe’s employee benefit program had its request for attorney fees drastically reduced Jan. 17 by a federal judge, who slashed the fees by 75 percent because the tribe won only one of its four causes of action (Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan, et al. v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, No. 1:16-cv-10317, E.D. Mich., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7005)....