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RODRIGUEZ v. TENNESSEE LABORERS HEALTH AND WELFARE

No. 05-6102.

463 F.3d 473 (2006)

Elias RODRIGUEZ, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TENNESSEE LABORERS HEALTH AND WELFARE FUND, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 14, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: R. Jan Jennings, Joe Paul Leniski, Jr., Branstetter, Stranch & Jennings, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Bill Hodde, Hodde & Associates, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Before: SILER, CLAY, and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Tennessee Laborers Health and Welfare Fund appeals the district court's ruling awarding plaintiff Elias Rodriguez attorney's fees pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 1132(g). For the reasons that follow, we affirm the district court.

I.

In April of 1999, Elias Rodriguez was injured in an automobile accident. At the time of the accident, Rodriguez was entitled to medical benefits under the Tennessee...

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