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· 7/29/1996

Blackburn v. Becker

Citations

  • 933 F. Supp. 724
  • 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11442
  • 1996 WL 449797

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  • holding that an ERISA subrogation provision providing that the employee-participant reimburse the employer for all monies received from a third party trumps the federal common law rule permitting a one-third reduction in the amount reimbursed for attorney’s fees
  • employee may not withhold attorney's fees because \there is no reason to fiddle with an unambiguous plan provision which the parties freely entered into.\

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Judges: Reinhard

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