Regional Employers' Assurance Leagues Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Ass'n Trust v. Castellano
Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Hey
- Status — whether other courts must follow this ruling
- Published
- Procedural Posture — the stage the case had reached
- summary judgment
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Circuit
- Third Circuit
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Outcome
The court awarded Mrs. Castellano attorneys' fees and costs in an ERISA action after she successfully obtained $750,000 in death benefits under her husband's welfare benefit plan; the court analyzed the Ursic factors and determined a fee award was warranted, though the exact amount was subject to further reduction.
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