Coker v. Pilot Life Insurance

Bussey, Justice.

This appeal is concerned with the liability of an insurer for attorneys’ fees under the provisions of code section 37-167.1 (1974 Supp.) The defendant-insurer issued to the plaintiff-respondent, Jerry Wayne Coker, a disability insurance policy. Upon Coker’s becoming totally disabled in an accident the insurer paid benefits under the said policy from November 1, 1967 to August 1971, when it discontinued such and refused to- make any further payments. Action- was commenced on behalf of Coker in September, 1973. The case came on for -trial before the Honorable George Bell…