Williams v. Security Plan Fire Insurance Co.

| defendant, Security Plan Fire Insurance Company, appeals the trial court’s calculation of penalties and attorneys’ fees in a judgment against it arising out of plaintiffs’ Hurricane Isaac claim. For the following reasons, we amend the trial court’s award of statutory penalties, vacate that portion of the trial court judgment awarding attorneys’ fees, and remand this matter to the trial court for an evidentiary hearing consistent with this opinion.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiff, Mary Williams, filed suit against defendant-insurer, Security, alleging that her Security insurance…