Judge Grants But Reduces By 70% Attorney Fees, Costs In ACA Discrimination Case

Mealey's ( November 21, 2023, 12:56 PM EST) -- CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — Because a hospital’s own offer of judgment in a Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) discrimination case contemplates attorney fees and costs in a case where a woman recovered nominal damages, its “quarrel lies with their own drafting,” but a federal judge in New York said the problematic request for fees and costs required a 70% reduction....