United States Seventh Circuit

Where neither plaintiff nor his lawyer could reasonably believe, at the time he filed his Second Amended Complaint, that evidence supported plaintiff's 1992 claim for benefits under ERISA Section 502(a)(1)(B), defendant could recover attorneys' fees under Sec. 502(g)(1).

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/25/2000
• Decided 01/16/2001
• Published 01/16/2001

Judges

• WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge., Before COFFEY, DIANE P. WOOD, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Suzanne McCarthy (argued), New York, NY, for Lucien G. Senese., J. Peter Dowd (argued), Dowd, Bloch & Bennett, Chicago, IL, for Chicago Area I.B. of T. Pension fund.