South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Clear Choice Construction, LLC v. Travelers Home & Marine Insurance Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-034-18, 10 pp.) (Margaret Seymour, S.J.) 0:17-cv-01890; D.S.C. Holding: Where plaintiffs did not include a determinable amount of damages in their complaint, and where there is ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice

Jones v. Allstate Fire & Casualty Insurance Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-024-18, 8 pp.) (Mary Geiger Lewis, J.) 3:16-cv-03069; D.S.C. Holding: Plaintiff is not entitled to stack the underinsured motorist coverages in her mother’s auto insurance policy because, although plaintiff ...

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Agape Senior Primary Care, Inc. v. Evanston Insurance Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-022-18, 17 pp.) (Joseph Anderson Jr., J.) 3:16-cv-01610; D.S.C. Holding: The defendant-insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify the plaintiff-nursing home chain for underlying claims related to ...

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Lighthouse Property Insurance Corp. v. Rogers (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-021-18, 4 pp.) (Richard Mark Gergel, J.) 9:17-cv-01553; D.S.C. Holding: The defendant-homeowner’s policy excludes coverage for bodily injury “caused by any dog . . . owned or kept . . . ...

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Ard Trucking Co. v. Travelers Property Casualty Co. of America (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-007-18, 5 pp.) (Per Curiam) Appealed from Darlington County Circuit Court (Paul Burch, J.) S.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Even though the defendant-insurer provided the plaintiff-insured with an ...

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Evans v. Nautilus Insurance Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-015-18, 8 pp.) (David Norton, J.) 2:17-cv-00712; D.S.C. Holding: Plaintiffs paid their commercial general liability insurance premiums through a premium service company. That company complied with S.C. Code Ann. § 38-39-90(b) when ...

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Overturning the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in an equal-pay case, the circuit court held that an employer did not prove its affirmative defenses so convincingly that a juror would be compelled to accept them. The Maryland Insurance Administration, ...

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QBE Insurance Corp. v. Ocean Keyes Development, LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-216-17, 11 pp.) (R. Bryan Harwell, J.) 4:17-cv-01611; D.S.C. Holding: In state court, there are several related lawsuits arising out of the construction of townhomes in North Myrtle Beach, ...

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Starr Indemnity & Liability Co. v. Ocean Keyes Development, LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-215-17, 16 pp.) (R. Bryan Harwell, J.) 4:17-cv-00857; D.S.C. Holding: While there are several related lawsuits currently pending before one state court judge involving purely issues of ...

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Jordan v. Doe (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-086-17, 7 pp.) (James Lockemy, C.J.) Appealed from Richland County Circuit Court (W. Jeffrey Young, J.) S.C. App. Holding: S.C. Code Ann. § 38-77-170(3) only requires that a party injured by an unidentified driver ...

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