Pickett v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION PATRICIA ANN PICKETT, ) ) Plaintiff(s), ) ) v. ) Case No. 4:21-cv-00563-SRC ) MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE ) INSURANCE COMPANY, ) ) Defendant(s). ) Memorandum and Order The prospect of this case remaining in federal court turns on whether Plaintiff Patricia Ann Pickett could plausibly receive an attorney’s fee award of $19,411. Carrying the initial burden to prove that such an award is possible, Defendant Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company points to cases also involving vexatious-refusal-to-pay claims where…