Health Plan Participant Says High Court Should Review Attorney Fee Decision

(February 11, 2020, 9:41 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Review of the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ decision denying attorney fees to an insured who achieved some success on the merits is warranted because the decision creates confusion regarding attorney fee awards and conflicts with other circuits’ rulings on fee awards, the insured contends in a Feb. 5 petition for writ of certiorari filed in the U.S. Supreme Court (Ariana M. v. Humana Health Plan of Texas, Incorporated, No. 19-980, U.S. Sup., 2020 U.S. S. Ct. BRIEFS LEXIS 419)....