No Attorney Fees Warranted; ERISA Plan Administrator Litigated Issue In Good Faith

Mealey's (July 17, 2019, 11:26 AM EDT) -- ATLANTA — The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 15 affirmed a district court’s denial of attorney fees to a plaintiff seeking coverage for "partial hospitalization" at a specialized treatment facility for anorexia after determining that attorney fees were inappropriate because the health care benefits administrator litigated a question of first impression in good faith (Alexandra H. v. Oxford Health Insurance, Inc., No. 18-14846, 11th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 20811)....