Fifth Circuit Holds ERISA Fee Awards Require Actual Merits Relief, Not “Moral Victories”
Fifth Circuit Holds ERISA Fee Awards Require Actual Merits Relief, Not “Moral Victories”
In Cloud v. Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Ret. Plan, No. 25-10337, ---F. 4th----, 2025 WL 3673303 (5th Cir. Dec. 18, 2025), the Fifth Circuit reversed an award of more…
Court Rejects Attorney Fee Claim in ERISA Short-Term Disability Case After Post-Litigation Payment
At Roberts Disability Law, we closely track how courts apply ERISA’s fee-shifting standards, particularly in cases where claimants seek attorney’s fees after a plan voluntarily pays benefits. In recent months,…
District Court Finds Guardian Entitled to Set Off in ERISA Benefits Dispute, But Awards Attorneys’ Fees to Plaintiff
In Rappaport v. Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, No. 1:22-CV-08100 (JLR), 2025 WL 2694252 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 22, 2025), the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York…
Court Awards Over $117,000 in Attorneys’ Fees and Costs to Prevailing Plaintiff in ERISA LTD Case Against Unum
On September 16, 2025, in Mundrati v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America d/b/a Unum, No. CV 23-1860, 2025 WL 2653588 (W.D. Pa. Sept. 16, 2025), Magistrate Judge Patricia Dodge…
Court Orders Over $314,000 in Attorney’s Fees and More Than $740,000 in Benefits to Prevailing Plaintiff in ERISA Long-Term Disability Case Against Unum
In Wessberg v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, No. CV 22-94 (JRT/DLM), 2025 WL 2624369 (D. Minn. Sept. 11, 2025), a recent decision from the District of Minnesota, the…
Court Awards Over $230,000 in Attorneys’ Fees to Prevailing Plaintiff in ERISA Long-Term Disability Case Against First Unum
On August 27, 2025, the Southern District of New York issued an opinion in Macalou v. First Unum Life Insurance Company, No. 22-CV-10439 (PKC), 2025 WL 2463624 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 27,…
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