Gafford v. Allstate Insurance Co.

| ,This cáse presents the following certified question from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Western Division, with the Honorable James M. Moody, Jr. presiding:

Whether the recovery of attorney’s fees to an insured in an insurance— contract action [is] exclusively available pursuant to Arkansas Code Annotated section 23-79-208 (Repl.2014), precluding an award of attorney’s fees pursuant to Arkansas Code Annotated section 16-22-308 (Repl.1999).

Petitioners Ola Rose Gafford and Randy Gafford (“the Gaffords”) argue that the plain language of sections 23-79-208…