Cloud v. The Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan, No. 3:2020cv01277 - Document 255 (N.D. Tex. 2022)

Court Description: MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER: Accordingly, the Court ORDERS Defendant The Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan to provide Plaintiff Michael Cloud Active Football total and permanent benefits, effective retroactively as of 5/1/2014, inclu ding pre- and post-judgment interest as authorized by law. The parties are ORDERED to meet and confer to address the specific amount of disability benefits due to Plaintiff, including interest, and submit a proposed judgment consistent with this Orde r within five days of the date of this Order. The Court further awards and ORDERS Defendant to pay to Plaintiff his reasonable attorneys' fees and costs pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 1132(g)(1), the specific amounts of which will be determined by separate order after Plaintiff's Opposed Motion for Attorneys' Fees and Costs [ECF No. 253 ] becomes ripe. (Ordered by Judge Karen Gren Scholer on 6/21/2022) (ctf)