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 ...

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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 ...

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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. ...

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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.

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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 insured was $390,000 when defendant knew the purchase price was only $20,000.

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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 information on the insurance application.

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