King v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

Justice Ingrid Gustafson delivered the Opinion of the Court.

***127¶1 Kyra King appeals the Order on Attorney Fees and Litigation Expenses issued by the Seventeenth Judicial District Court, Phillips County, on July 27, 2018. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for further proceedings.

¶2 We restate the issue on appeal as follows:

Whether the insurance exception to the American Rule allows the insured to recover otherwise nontaxable costs she would not have incurred but for the insurer's behavior.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶3 On December 27, 2014, Carla King (Carla) was driving a…