2019 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 117 - Encouraging Good Faith Professional Review Activities
Subchapter I - Promotion of Professional Review Activities
Sec. 11113 - Payment of reasonable attorneys' fees and costs in defense of suit

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Citation 42 U.S.C. § 11113 (2019)
Section Name §11113. Payment of reasonable attorneys' fees and costs in defense of suit
Section Text

In any suit brought against a defendant, to the extent that a defendant has met the standards set forth under section 11112(a) of this title and the defendant substantially prevails, the court shall, at the conclusion of the action, award to a substantially prevailing party defending against any such claim the cost of the suit attributable to such claim, including a reasonable attorney's fee, if the claim, or the claimant's conduct during the litigation of the claim, was frivolous, unreasonable, without foundation, or in bad faith. For the purposes of this section, a defendant shall not be considered to have substantially prevailed when the plaintiff obtains an award for damages or permanent injunctive or declaratory relief.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 99–660, title IV, §413, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3787.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 117 - ENCOURAGING GOOD FAITH PROFESSIONAL REVIEW ACTIVITIES
SUBCHAPTER I - PROMOTION OF PROFESSIONAL REVIEW ACTIVITIES
Sec. 11113 - Payment of reasonable attorneys' fees and costs in defense of suit
Contains section 11113
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 100 Stat. 3787
Public Law References Public Law 99-660
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