Moore v. St. Paul Mercury Insurance

LEWIS, J.:

This is an appeal entirely about attorney fees: whether they are reasonable and whether one can recover attorney fees for litigating the amount of those fees.

Plaintiff Robin Moore had her vehicle insured with the defendant St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company. Plaintiff s vehicle was damaged in an accident. The insurance company offered to pay the cost of repairs to plaintiff s vehicle. Plaintiff responded that she not only wanted the cost of repairs, she also wanted to be paid the loss in value sustained by her vehicle in the accident. The insurance company at first refused to pay…