Songer v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.

PRESIDING JUSTICE KARNS

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Robert J. Songer, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Clay County awarding him $3,500 for attorney fees, $101.62 for costs, and $1,000 as a penalty for the vexatious and unreasonable delay of defendant, Country Mutual Insurance Company, in paying its pro rata share of a fire loss incurred by plaintiff. Plaintiff contends that the amount awarded for attorney fees is unreasonably low and inadequate in light of the circumstances of the case and that the trial court erroneously considered certain factors in making its…