Legal Opinion
Scarangella & Sons, Inc. v. Group Health, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 10, 2013No. Docket 12-2750-cvPublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RESTANI, Judge:
Appellant Village Fuel appeals the district court’s denial of attorney’s fees in this ERISA action. The district court held that Village Fuel was ineligible for attorney’s fees because it “was not the ‘prevailing party,’ and ... it did not obtain any success on the merits.” Although the district court appeared to rely upon the Supreme Court’s standard for determining eligibility for an award of attorney’s fees, as set out in Hardt v. Reliance Std. Life Ins. Co., 560 U.S. 242, 130 S.Ct. 2149, 176 L.Ed.2d 998 (2010), it erred in interpreting that standard and applying it in this…
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