Paxton v. Municipal Mutual Insurance

PER CURIAM:1

This is an appeal by James Paxton and Sherri Paxton, appellants/plaintiffs below, (hereinafter Paxtons) from an order of the Circuit Court wherein the Paxtons were awarded attorney fees of $3,222.24, in a bad faith claim against their homeowner insurer Municipal Mutual Insurance ( hereinafter MMI), appellee/defendant below.2 In this appeal the Paxtons contend that they should have been awarded attorney fees in the amount of $13,304.21. MMI cross-appealed alleging that the Paxtons are not entitled to attorney fees.

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FACTUAL BACKGROUND

On August 18, 1993, a fire destroyed the Paxtons’…