9th Circuit: No Attorney Fees For Employee In Mooted Disability Benefits Case

(August 30, 2024, 1:19 PM EDT) -- PHOENIX — A worker who sued her employer and its insurer for disability benefits has no grounds to seek attorney fees incurred in a federal district court after she was paid the full amount of compensation she sought because her case was mooted by the voluntary payment, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Aug. 29....