A trial court can order an automobile insurer to pay a medical provider’s attorney fees even if the insurer properly employed the peer review process before denying coverage because it deemed the medical care unnecessary.

A three-judge state Superior Court panel unanimously affirmed a Dauphin County trial court’s ruling awarding $27,047.50 in attorney fees to plaintiff Herd Chiropractic Clinic and against defendant State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

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