Hayseeds, Inc. v. State Farm Fire & Cas.

NEELY, Justice.

This case involves a suit by a policyholder against an insurance company to recover the value of a burned building. We granted the appeal because we initially shared the defendant’s anxiety that the jury’s verdict might have been contrary to the evidence and to clarify our rules on attorneys’ fees and punitive damages in property damage cases involving insurance companies. After examining the record we conclude that the jury’s verdict for the insured was not erroneous on the underlying question of arson and that the award of consequential damages and attorneys’ fees was proper.…