Village Market, Inc. v. State Farm General Insurance

In its petition for rehearing, appellant, Village Market, Inc., seeks reconsideration of only that portion of this court’s opinion that awards State Farm General Insurance Company, Inc., attorney’s fees under Ark. Code Ann. § 16-22-308 (Repl. 1994). The amicus petitioners timely join in Village Market’s rehearing petition. Petitioners argue that the court’s majority opinion failed to consider the statutory-construction argument originally offered by Village Market, and in disregarding that argument, caused error. We must agree.

In this court’s initial consideration of the attorney’s fee issue,…