(September 5, 2017, 11:20 AM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — A California appeals panel on Aug. 30 reversed a lower court’s $471,313.52 award of attorney fees and resultant $500,000 punitive damages awards against a commercial general liability insurer in a construction defects insurance dispute, finding that the attorney fees award is inconsistent with the damages principles and policies established in Brandt v. Superior Court (1985) 37 Cal.3d 813 (Pulte Home Corp. v. American Safety Indemnity Co., No. D070478, Calif., App., 4th Dist., Div. 1, 2017 Cal. App. LEXIS 748)....