Critelli v. FIDELITY NAT. TITLE INS. CO. OF NY

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• suggesting that the standard for an award of fees to a successful ERISA defendant is close to fraud
• suggesting that the standard for an award of fees to a successful ERISA defendant is close to fraud
• “Having no definitive basis for establishing bad faith, the [c]ourt finds that a fee award is unwarranted and the ‘possible disincentive to potentially meritorious ERISA plaintiffs overrides [d]efendants’ interest in not paying to defend the lawsuit.’”
• “[T]he fact that a party can satisfy an award of attorney’s fees is not dispositive.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).