Insurance -- Property -- Appraisal -- Disinterested appraiser -- Public adjuster whose employer was retained on contingent fee basis by insureds, provided initial public adjustment of claim on behalf of insureds, and has fiduciary relationship with insureds as result of…

NO FEES WHEN TRIAL COURT LACKED JURISDICTION TO AWARD THEM. The plaintiff made an offer of judgment which the defendant did not accept. After trial, the trial court entered final judgment on plaintiff’s behalf and reserved jurisdiction to order attorney’s…