Hensley v. Shelter Mutual Insurance Co.

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• relying on mere speculation is substantial evidence of a “vexatious and recalcitrant attitude”
• “[D]enial without explanation is substantial evidence of a vexatious and recalcitrant attitude.”
• appellate court may defer authority to fix amount of attorney fees on appeal to the trial court that is in a better position to hear evidence and argument on this issue and to determine the reasonableness of the requested fees
• “By framing and arguing the issue in this manner, Shelter sets itself free from the applicable standard of review. . . . Unfortunately for Shelter, we do not have such freedom and are confined in our analysis to the applicable standard of review.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).