Augustine v. Allstate Insurance

DONOFRIO, EJ.

In this first-party, no-fault-insurance action, defendant, Allstate Insurance Company, appeals as of right the trial court’s order awarding plaintiff, Shirley Augustine, $327,090.60 for attorney fees and interest. The sole issue on appeal is attorney fees. Defendant maintains that, on remand, the trial court abused its discretion by awarding attorney fees to plaintiff. Because, on remand, the trial court failed to follow the directive of this Court, did not comply with the law-of-the-case rule, and did not properly apply Smith v Khouri, 481 Mich 519; 751 NW2d 472 (2008), we…