7th Circuit Affirms Denial Of Attorney Fees To Prevailing ERISA Claimant

CHICAGO - The Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 8 in an unpublished order ruled that a disability claimant was not entitled to attorney fees under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act in a case in which, upon rehearing, the Seventh Circuit ruled that an insurer's termination of benefits based on the disability plan's self-reporting symptoms limitation clause was arbitrary and capricious (Susie Weitzenkamp v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, No. 12-1291, 7th Cir.; 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 463; See October 2011, Page 4).Full story on lexis.com