Judge Awards Insureds $17,500 In Attorney Fees, Costs In Hurricane Irma Dispute

Mealey's (March 30, 2020, 9:28 AM EDT) -- ORLANDO, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida on March 12 entered a judgment awarding insureds $17,070 in attorney fees and $430 in costs in their Hurricane Irma coverage dispute with their homeowners insurer one day after entering an order adopting a magistrate’s report and recommendation and overruling the insureds’ objection to the magistrate’s finding that they could not recover a $4,200 expert witness fee (Bruce Crossman, et al. v. USAA Casualty Insurance Company, No. 18-1301, M.D. Fla.)....