Stewart Title Guaranty Co. v. Tilden

GOLDEN, Justice.

[¶ 1] Stewart Title Guaranty Company (Stewart Title) issued a policy of title insurance to Samuel Tilden. When a defect in the insured title appeared and the parties could not resolve the issue otherwise, the parties entered into arbitration as required by the contract of insurance. The dispute was eventually resolved. During the course of the arbitration proceedings the arbitrator made a specific finding that Stewart Title failed to cure the defect in a reasonably diligent manner but Tilden suffered no actual damages. Tilden requested attorney’s fees but the arbitrator…