Robert S. Pinzur, Ltd. v. the Hartford

This appeal is taken by the Hartford, an insurance company, from a grant of summary judgment which awarded attorney fees to plaintiff professional corporation, Robert S. Pinzur, Ltd. Pinzur sought fees pursuant to an alleged statutory attorney’s lien on insurance proceeds due to his client. Hartford contends that the trial court erred in enforcing the alleged lien because Pinzur’s client had no claim to which a lien could attach and no determination was made that the insurer’s conduct was vexatious and unreasonable. Hartford also asserts that the trial court abused its discretion by awarding…