Panel: Prevailing Insurer In Defects Dispute Cannot Recover Attorney Fees

Mealey's (June 12, 2017, 1:31 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — An insurer who prevailed in a construction defects dispute cannot recover attorney fees because its joint settlement offer with homeowners was invalid and unenforceable, the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed June 7 (Joseph Bradfield and Patricia Bradfield v. Mid-Continent Casualty Co., No. 16-17385, 11th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 10094)....