WEIMER, Justice.
We granted a writ in this matter to review the lower courts' award of penalties and attorney fees for the failure of an uninsured motorist insurer to make a timely and reasonable tender of its policy limits following a vehicular accident. See, LSA-R.S. 22:658 and LSA-R.S. 22:1220. Plaintiff filed suit shortly after the insurer made a partial tender; subsequently, the insurer tendered its policy limits prior to trial. Thus, the only issue at...
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