Villaflor v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

OPINION

WHITE, Circuit Judge.

Defendant State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company appeals the district court’s order granting plaintiff Ricardo Villaflor (Villaflor)’s post-trial request for attorney fees pursuant to section 3148 of Michigan’s No-Fault Insurance Act, Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3148, and its denial of defendant’s motion for fees under the same provision. Finding no abuse of discretion, we AFFIRM.

BACKGROUND

On January 19, 1994, Ricardo Villaflor was involved in a serious automobile accident when he drove his car into the rear end of a semi truck that was stalled on the freeway.…