United States First Circuit

Following judgment in favor of plaintiff- employee benefit plan in an action to recover unpaid employee-related remittances allegedly due under a collective bargaining agreement (CBA), the district court's award of attorneys' fees to plaintiff pursuant to the CBA and ERISA's fee-shifting provision is affirmed, where: 1) the use of proportionality as a factor, but not the exclusive factor, in setting the amount of the fee award was within the court's discretion; and 2) the district court did not abuse its discretion in setting the fee award or the amount of expenses.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/11/2014
• Published 03/11/2014

Judges

• SELYA

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel