Legal Opinion
Lutheran Medical Center of Omaha v. Contractors, Laborers, Teamsters & Engineers Health & Welfare Plan
District Court, D. Nebraska
Decided February 18, 1993No. CV89-0-715PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
KOPF, District Judge.
This matter comes on to consider Plaintiffs’ Application for Attorney Fees, (Filing 127), and supplemental application, and Defendant’s Response to Application for Attorney Fees (Filing 130). I shall grant Plaintiffs’ applications, but I shall reduce the amount requested by $5,188.51, and grant a total award of attorney fees in the amount of $49,299.69. 1
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Following a five-day nonjury trial, I entered findings of fact and conclusions of law, (Filing 123), that Defendant had acted arbitrarily and capriciously in denying Plaintiffs’ claim for benefits,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Missouri v. Jenkins Ex Rel. AgyeiSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Ramos v. LammCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Lutheran Medical Center v. Contractors, Laborers, Teamsters And Engineers Health And Welfare PlanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
- Algie v. RCA Global Communications, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1994
- Emmenegger v. Bull Moose Tube Co.District Court, E.D. Missouri · 1998
- Lutheran Medical Center of Omaha v. Contractors, Laborers, Teamsters & Engineers Health & Welfare PlanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
- Weaver v. ClarkeDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1996
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