Legal Opinion
Regional Employers' Assurance Leagues Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Ass'n Trust v. Castellano
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 10, 2016No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 03-6903PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
ELIZABETH T. HEY, United States Magistrate Judge
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Defendant/Counter Claimant (“Mrs. Castellano”) has filed a motion for attorneys’ fees in this ERISA action. The facts and procedural background are long and sordid and discussed at length in the August 24, 2015 decision issued by the Honorable Mary McLaughlin granting summary judgment to Mrs. Castellano against the counterclaim defendants1 on her Section 502(a)(1)(B) claim for benefits under her husband’s welfare benefit plan, the Regional Employers’ Assurance League Voluntary Employees’…
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