· 7/29/1996
Blackburn v. Becker
Citations
- 933 F. Supp. 724
- 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11442
- 1996 WL 449797
How courts have described this case
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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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