South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Dec 6, 2025

$6 million settlement; insurance company rejects $140K offer, settles for much more

Action: Bad faith Injuries alleged: Fractured vertebra requiring surgery Case name: Bohannon v. Racedo, et al. Court/case no.: Charleston County/2021-CP-10-4389 Jury and/or judge: Amount: $6 million Date: January 2025 Attorneys: […]

Jul 20, 2023

$20M project stalled by insurer’s refusal to pay after fire: Confidential settlement

Action: Bad faith refusal to pay insurance Injuries alleged: Destruction of $20 million project for the failure to pay insurance proceeds needed to allow the project to proceed Case name: […]

Feb 23, 2022

Insurer to pay $6M to settle bad faith suit after fatal crash

The insurer for a driver who caused a car crash that killed two people—including a young mother—and seriously injured two others has agreed to pay $6 million to the plaintiffs […]

Jun 20, 2019

Attorney-client privilege not waived by insurer’s denial of bad faith

An insurance company that denied bad faith, and asserted good faith, in its answer to a lawsuit alleging a bad-faith refusal provide coverage to one of its insureds didn’t necessarily […]

Jul 2, 2018

Attorneys – Attorney-Client Privilege – Insurance – Bad Faith Claim – Claim Files – Certified Question

Because plaintiffs established a prima facie case of bad faith failure to insure, and because the defendant-insurer in its answer denied bad faith liability, the district court ruled that […]

Feb 28, 2018

Bankruptcy – Bad-faith filing not proved by isolated factors

Holding: Even if a debtor filed for bankruptcy in response to a judgment against him and possessed significant assets, the district court did not err in finding that the debtor […]

Oct 19, 2016

School fight leads to bad faith claim, $3M settlement

A case stemming from a school fight that could have potentially been resolved for a $100,000 homeowners’ insurance policy instead was settled for $3 million, an attorney for the plaintiff […]

Apr 7, 2015

Insurance — Tort/Negligence – Bad Faith – Attorneys – Incompetent Plaintiff – Standard Settlement Language

Vanderhall v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-066-15, 9 pp.) (Richard Mark Gergel, J.) 4:14-cv-00518; D.S.C. Holding: Even though plaintiff’s mother says he is mildly retarded […]

Dec 4, 2014

Bankruptcy — Chapter 11 – Reorganization Plan – No Impaired Consenting Class – Dismissal

In re Edgefield Inn, LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 003-013-14, 10 pp.) (David Duncan, Ch. J.) 14-01670; B.S.C. Holding: In order for the court to confirm a Chapter 11 plan, the […]

Oct 27, 2014

Bankruptcy — Dismissal – Farm Reorganization – Third Filing – Diminishing Value

In re Pressley (Lawyers Weekly No. 003-011-14, 9 pp.) (David Duncan, Ch. J.) 14-03119; D.S.C. Holding: The debtor has made only one interest payment since 2008 and has filed bankruptcy […]

Jun 2, 2014

Schools & School Boards – Civil Practice – Justiciability – Students’ GPA

Palms v. School District of Greenville County (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-065-14, 5 pp.) (John Few, Ch. J.) Appealed from Greenville County Circuit Court (Edward Miller, J.) S.C. App. Holding: Since […]

Jan 22, 2014

Insurance – Tort/Negligence – Bad Faith Claim – Reasonable Investigation

Watson v. Foremost Signature Insurance Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-018-14, 5 pp.) (David C. Norton, J.) 2:13-cv-00301; D.S.C. Holding: Plaintiff has not shown that the defendant-insurer acted in bad faith […]