United States Eighth Circuit

In a suit against a former employer and an ERISA plan administrator for their failure to provide plaintiff with notification of his right to continue his health and dental insurance coverage, as required by the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), denial of attorney's fees and statutory damages following a bench trial and ruling for plaintiff is reversed in part where the district court erred by refusing to award attorney fees.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/24/2006
• Published 08/24/2006

Judges

• SMITH, Circuit Judge., Before SMITH, HEANEY, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert J. Bruno, argued, Burnsville, Minnesota, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Tamara L. Novotny, argued, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Peter G. Van Bergen, on the brief), for appellee.