Legal Opinion
David Griffin v. Jim Jamison
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 27, 1999No. 98-3678PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is about lawyers’ fees. In this ERISA case, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1132 et seq., the plaintiff, David A. Griffin, prevailed against one defendant, Jim Jamison, Inc., but not against the other, Prudential Insurance Company of America. The District Court entered judgment against Jim Jamison, Inc., which we shall call Jamison, for $10,143.00. Plaintiff then applied for an award of fees as the prevailing party, which the Court granted. The amount awarded, however, was only $5,071.50 (exactly one-half of the judgment on the merits), instead of the much larger sum…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Joan Lawrence v. Carl L. Westerhaus, Edward A. Shepard and Bobby HannaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984