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SINGH v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO.

Nos. S-4549, S-4550.

860 P.2d 1193 (1993)

Mathra SINGH, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY and Wayne Dillon, Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied October 29, 1993.

Rehearing Granted in Part and Opinion Amended December 13, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Grant Callow, Anchorage, for appellant/cross-appellee.

David S. Carter, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin, Anchorage, for appellees/cross-appellants.

William E. Caldwell, Alaska Legal Services Corp., Fairbanks, and Carol H. Daniel, Alaska Legal Services Corp., Anchorage, for amicus curiae Alaska Legal Services Corp.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

This appeal involves the grant of attorney's fees to a civil rights litigant pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. The underlying civil rights and defamation causes of action arose out of the handling of Mathra Singh's third-party insurance claim by State Farm Insurance Co. and Wayne Dillon, a State Farm senior claims specialist.

FACTS & PROCEEDINGS

Mathra Singh is a 67-year-old man who was born...

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