Shadow Creek Apartments, L.L.C. v. Hartford Fire Insurance

OPINION

Shadow Creek LLC (Shadow Creek) sued its insurer, Hartford Insurance Company (Hartford), seeking coverage for rent it says it lost when several of its apartment braidings, then under construction, were damaged by fires. A jury returned a verdict for Shadow Creek in the amount of $500,000, the limit of the lost rent provision of the insurance policy. The district court denied Hartford’s motion for judgment as a matter of law or for a new trial. The court awarded prejudgment interest to Shadow Creek, but denied Shadow Creek’s motion for attorneys’ fees. Hartford appeals the denial of…