Fletcher v. Anderson

Gernon, J.:

Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, Inc., (Farm Bureau) appeals the denial of its motion for attorney fees and expenses it had requested to be paid by Valda Fletcher.

The history of this case spans a period of over a decade and is detailed in a well-reasoned opinion by Judge Lewis in Fletcher v. Anderson, 27 Kan. App. 2d 276, 3 P.3d 558 (2000) (Fletcher I).

Fletcher I concerned whether Farm Bureau was bound by a consent agreement it had not agreed to or participated in negotiating. This court ruled that Farm Bureau did not act unreasonably or in bad faith in refusing to pay the…