South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Evanston Insurance Co. v. R & L Development Corp. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-255-14, 7 pp.) (J. Michelle Childs, J.) 5:12-cv-02750; D.S.C. Holding: Where the parties’ insurance policy clearly excludes all property damage caused by water, the doctrine of reasonable expectations ...

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Sweatman v. Bringger (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-256-14, 6 pp.) (J. Michelle Childs, J.) 5:14-cv-00622; D.S.C. Holding: The first unequivocally clear and certain evidence that the amount of damages exceeded the $75,000 threshold was not available to defendant until plaintiff submitted ...

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State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Blanton (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-254-14, 8 pp.) (R. Bryan Harwell, J.) 4:13-cv-02508; D.S.C. Holding: Even though defendants’ altercation took place within the Beaufort Division, plaintiff issued the defendant-insured’s homeowner’s insurance policy –which is ...

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Furr v. Horry County Zoning Board of Appeals (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-134-14, 7 pp.) (Aphrodite Konduros, J.) Appealed from Horry County Circuit Court (J. Michael Baxley, J.) S.C .App. Holding: Because Horry County ordinances neither permit nor prohibit a hospice ...

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AGI Associates LLC v. City of Hickory, N.C. (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-209-14, 16 pp.) (Davis, J.) No. 13-2097, Dec. 11, 2014; USDC at Statesville, N.C. (Voorhees, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A city acted in a proprietary, not a governmental, capacity ...

Gon v. Holt (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-208-14, 31 pp.) (Shedd, J.) No. 14-6102, Dec. 16, 2014; USDC at Roanoke, Va. (Turk, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: The 4th Circuit affirms denial of a Mexican citizen’s habeas petition challenging a decision to ...

State v. Smith (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-133-14, 14 pp.) (Paul Short Jr., J.) (John Geathers, J., concurring in part & dissenting in part) Appealed from Beaufort County Circuit Court (Roger Young Sr., J.) S.C. App. Holding: At defendant’s first trial, ...

In re: FirstPay Inc. (Wolff v. United States) (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-207-14, 25 pp.) (Davis, J.) No. 13-2116, Dec. 12, 2014; USDC at Greenbelt, Md. (Messitte, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A payroll company that fraudulently diverted funds for its clients’ ...

Kiawah Development Partners, II v. South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-134-14, 47 pp.) (Donald Beatty, J.) (Jean Hoefer Toal, Ch. J., joined by John Kittredge, J., dissenting) Appealed from the Administrative Law Court (Ralph ...

Blue Star Rental & Sales, Inc. v. Ridge Environmental, LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-136-14, 5 pp.) (Kaye Hearn, J.) Appealed from Aiken County (Robert Smoak, Jr., Special Referee) S.C. S. Ct. Unpub. Holding: Where an officer of a corporation filed ...

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