Court Opinion

ID: 9783257
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-30 19:42:50.833271+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:35:21.597426
License: Public Domain

SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge
(dissenting in part).
Because State Farm promptly paid in full an (undifferentiated) award which was the result of a contractual appraisal process which it initiated itself and for which the appellant is concededly not entitled to fees, I believe that their attorneys’ alleged efforts in the Circuit Court were (a) entirely unnecessary and gratuitous (b) resulted in no practical benefit to the client, or (c) both. In these circumstances, I do not believe that they are entitled even to the “modest” — actually minimal or nominal— award which is contemplated by the majority. I would affirm.