United States DC Circuit

Subsequent to an action by OSHA claiming safety violations by petitioner that contributed to a construction accident, petition for attorneys' fees and costs is granted in part where: 1) billing defects required reductions in the total amount sought for attorneys' fees, costs and expenses; and 2) petitioner was not entitled to attorneys' fees, costs, or expenses spent defending issues on which the government's position was "substantially justified."

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/29/2008
• Published 08/29/2008

Judges

• Before SENTELLE, Chief Judge, and GINSBURG and BROWN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joseph P. Paranac, Jr., Leclairryan, Newark, NJ, for Petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• John Shortall, Michael Patrick Doyle, Nathaniel I. Spiller, Joseph M. Woodward, Associate Solicitor, U.S. Department of Labor (LABR), Office of the Solicitor, Washington, DC, for Respondent.