Legal Opinion
Cook Children's Medical Center v. New England PPO Plan of General Consolidated Management, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 28, 2007No. 06-10511PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRADO, Circuit Judge:
Cook Children’s Medical Center appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment and award of mediation costs in favor of the defendants. For the reasons that follow, we AFFIRM the district court’s order granting summary judgment and VACATE the award of mediation fees as taxable costs under 28 U.S.C. § 1920.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Factual Background
David G. Miller (“Mr. Miller”) began his employment with Creative Education Inc., a company affiliated with General Consolidated Management, Inc. (“General Consolidated”), in September 2000. General Consolidated has a welfare…
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