Judge Grants But Reduces Fees, Expenses In ACA Discrimination Case

(March 12, 2024, 1:55 PM EDT) -- GREENSBORO, N.C. — Blind individuals and advocacy groups clearly constitute the prevailing party in a Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) suit after receiving significant equitable relief from the court and are entitled to fees and expenses as a result, but they did not receive all the relief they sought and at least some of the complexity in the case arose from their own conduct, a federal judge in North Carolina said in granting but reducing a requested award....