Cockman v. State Farm Automobile Insurance

Donald L. Corbin, Justice.

Appellee, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm), brought suit for a judgment declaring that it did not owe its insured’s attorney an attorney’s fee for his efforts in settling its insured’s claim for property damages against the tortfeasor. The case was submitted to the trial court, sitting without a jury, on stipulated facts. The trial court declared that the insured’s attorney was not entitled to a fee from State Farm under the facts presented. We find no error and affirm.

Appellant, Cheryl Cockman, suffered personal injuries and property…