Insurance – Flood – No Proof of Loss
Plaintiffs failed to submit a proof of loss for the items at issue in this lawsuit within 60 days of the flood, and – lacking a waiver from the Federal Insurance Administration – they have failed to meet the pre-suit requirements under their Standard Flood Insurance Policy. As a result of their failure to meet […]
SC drought committee meets 9 months after massive floods
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Just nine months after last fall’s devastating floods in South Carolina, officials are now talking drought. The state’s Drought Response Committee meets by conference call Friday and is expected discuss moving at least a few counties in the northwestern part of the state to an incipient drought, which is the lowest […]
Tort/Negligence – Dam Failure – 2015 Flood – Strict Liability – Act of God
Greenberg Investment Partnership, L.P. v. Cary’s Lake Homeowners Association (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-093-16, 13 pp.) (J. Michelle Childs, J.) 3:15-cv-05096; D.S.C. Holding: The complaint grounds its negligence claim in defendant’s “failure to properly construct, maintain, monitor, operate and/or otherwise safely manage its dam in a reasonable manner,” and the complaint alleges that the “[...]
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