Goble v. Central Security Mutual Insurance

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE DAVIS

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment confirming an arbitrator’s award to the plaintiff in the sum of $7,500, under the provisions of the uninsured motorist clause in her insurance policy with the defendant. The trial court also awarded the plaintiff a judgment in the sum of $500 as attorneys’ fees, pursuant to the provisions of section 155(b) of the Illinois Insurance Code (Ill Rev Stats 1969, c 73, par 767 (b)).

The defendant contends that the trial court erred in entering the judgment because the arbitrator’s award…