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Insurance – Fire – Insufficient Coverage Amount – Landlord/Tenant
The plaintiff-landlord of convenience store property has not shown that the defendant-insurance agency had a duty to provide sufficient insurance to plaintiff’s tenant, so plaintiff cannot make out claims against the agency for negligence, negligent misrepresentation, or breach of fiduciary duty. The court grants defendant’s motion for summary judgment. Background The lease between plaintiff a[...]
At least 16 boats damaged by fire at South Carolina dock
ANDERSON (AP) At least 16 boats have been damaged in a fire at a marina on a South Carolina lake. Media outlets reported that Anderson County authorities say the fire was reported just after noon May 14 on Lake Hartwell. One boater was burned and at least one firefighter had to be treated for heat exhaustion. […]
1 dies, 5 hurt in fire at SC beach house
GARDEN CITY (AP) — A Timmonsville woman has died after a fire in Garden City that sent five people to hospitals. Horry County Chief Deputy Coroner Tamara Willard says 38-year-old Melissa Lamb died in the fire around 4 a.m. Sunday. An autopsy was planned Monday. The fire started on the ground floor of a three-story […]
Real Property – Unjust Enrichment & Equitable Estoppel – Oral Agreement – Ambiguities — Improvements – Destruction by Fire
Barnes v. Johnson The parties had vague oral agreements that plaintiff could live in, improve, and buy defendant’s property and that the parties might sell the improved property and split the “profit”; these agreements were not specific enough to support the application of the equitable estoppel doctrine.
Insurance – Fire – Fraudulent Application – Purchase Price – Past Claims
Scottsdale Insurance Co. v. Collins Although defendant contends he merely answered questions posed to him by an insurance agent and then signed the application that the agent printed out, when he signed the application, defendant asserted that he had read the application and that the statements in it were true. However, the application indicated that the purchase price for the house being[...]
Insurance – Fire – Rescission — Nightclub Vacancy – Occasional Use – Insurance Application Answers – Bad Faith Counterclaim – Civil Practice – Discovery – 2C Witness
Certain Interested Underwriters at Lloyd’s London v. Cooper The defendant-insured says he told his insurance agent that he used the otherwise vacant nightclub building for occasional events; however, the agent says the insured told him the building was vacant, so that is what he noted on the insurance application. There is a jury question as to whether the insured provided false inform[...]
Business Law
- Economy forces attorneys to get down to business
- Business Court judges trawl for customers
- Va. company's Web site did not subject business to personal jurisdiction in S.C., appeals panel rules
- Former running back from S.C. wins courtroom victory in contract dispute
- Contract – Government Contract – Qui Tam – False Claims Act
- Licenses & Permits – Beer & Wine Permit – Restrictive Covenant – Suitable Location
- Consumer Protection – FCRA – Auto Loan – Bank Accounting Errors
- Licenses & Permits – Veterinarian – Vaccine Maintenance
- Tort – Business Tort – Va. Computer Crimes Act – Trade Secrets
- Textile firm, railroad settle Graniteville train wreck lawsuit
- State regulators look at car dealer accused of lying to customers
- Subprime mortgage meltdown hits securities law
Commentary
- Stericycle decision forces evaluation of policies, practices
- Are workplace DEI policies still legal after SCOTUS decisions?
- Court cases add new twists to legal language
- It’s all business, especially the busyness
- Virginia Tech student got due process in hearing
- High court justices cross the line of propriety
- High court’s term was rough on big business
- The flip side of generative AI in law and how to address it
- The fight for equal educational opportunity continues
- Letter From The Editor – Working from Home
- NLRB joins FTC in taking aim at non-competes
- Supreme Court leaves key internet protection untouched
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