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121352P.pdf   09/06/2013  Hortica-Florists' Mutual Ins.  v.  Pittman Nursery Corporation
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  12-1352
                          and No:  12-1434
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - El Dorado   
[PUBLISHED] [Bye, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and Benton, Circuit Judge] Civil case - Insurance. The insured met Arkansas state law requirements for the reimbursement of its attorneys' fees in connection with its defense of a declaratory judgment action, and the district court erred in failing to award it fees; on remand, the court should determine the proper amount of fees owed the insured for defense of the action; insurer was entitled to judgment as a matter of law on on insured's counter-claims for bad faith and negligence; insurer was also entitled to judgment as a matter of law on the insured's breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and punitive damages claims; evidentiary challenges rejected.