The issue presented by this case is whether the fee of an attorney consulted by the insured before the insurer provided its own attorney may be taxed to the insurer as a cost of its duty to defend the insured.
Charles Cobb, the plaintiff in this suit, was involved in a vehicular accident in February of 1982. At that time Cobb was employed by Petroleum Transport Company whose insurer was the present...
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