Legal Opinion
Lumbermens Mut. Ins. Co. v. AM. ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided May 6, 1981No. 78-1958PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
398 So.2d 469 (1981)
LUMBERMENS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant,
v.
AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION and Ernestine Price, Appellee.
No. 78-1958.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
May 6, 1981.
Charles T. Kessler, Pyszka, Kessler & Adams, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
Patrick N. Chidnese, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee-Ernestine Price.
HURLEY, Judge.
Appellant questions a provision in a final judgment requiring it to pay its insured's attorney's fees. We find that appellant did not wrongfully withhold payment of proceeds under the policy and, therefore, we reverse.
On December 3,…
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