American Family Mutual Insurance Co. v. Alvis

CRENSHAW, Judge.

American Family Mutual Insurance Company and American Standard Insurance Company (the Insurers) appeal the final order awarding $155,422 in attorney’s fees to Tammy Alvis, as personal representative of the estate of the deceased, Stephen Alvis, based on her claims for uninsured motorist (UM) insurance benefits. Because the statutory right to attorney’s fees is a substantive right and the sole basis for the fee claim was a Nebraska statute, we conclude that Nebraska law governs the award of attorney’s fees. And because the trial court erred by awarding fees unrelated to the…