State Farm Automobile Insurance Co. v. Stamps

PAUL E. DANIELSON, Justice.

liAppellant State Farm Automobile Insurance Company appeals the order of the Sebastian County Circuit Court awarding a statutory penalty and attorney’s fees to appellee Eda Stamps.1 State Farm argues that the circuit court erred by awarding a statutory penalty and attorney’s fees to Stamps because the amount she recovered at trial was not within twenty percent of the amount she demanded or that was sought in her suit as required by Arkansas Code Annotated § 23 — 79—208(d)(1) (Supp. 2009). For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the order of the circuit court.

Stamp…