Dragoo v. Levi

How courts have described this case

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• ruling that “engaging in settlement negotiations does not in itself establish the reasonable basis of a claim.”
• holding “the Federal Circuit in Avera and Shaw did not enunciate the universe of litigation circumstances which would warrant an award of interim attorney’s fees”
• suggesting that upon counsel’s withdrawal, when it is unknowable how long a case might then take, an interim award may be appropriate
• finding that the special master erred when special master “cited no allegations of injury or causation, no medical records, and no legal authority in determining that Petitioners’ claim had a reasonable basis”
• affirming interim fee award and finding circumstances warranted exercise of special master’s discretion, noting that the special master found it was “unknowable” when the ease would end
• vacating an award of attorneys’ fees and costs on an interim basis premised on settlement discussions and remanding for consideration of medical records

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).