The Travelers Insurance Company v. Carolyn W. Davis

KEADY, District Judge:

The sole question presented on this appeal is the correctness vel non of the standards applied by the District Court in awarding plaintiff-appellee the sum of $39,027.78 as attorney’s fees pursuant to § 627.0127, Fla. Statutes, F.S.A., as amended July 25, 1967.1

The factual background of this case and the proceedings below are summarized briefly as follows: Appellee, after unsuccessful attempts to collect as beneficiary under the $100,000 accidental death policy issued by appellant, and under other policies,2 for the death of her husband, retained counsel and agreed to a…