Hand v. SunTrust Bank, Inc. Plaintiff was fired from her job as assistant branch manager for servicing the business account of a company for which she performed part-time work. Plaintiff alleges her supervisors at the defendant-bank engaged in negligent misrepresentation when they directed her to service the account.

Tagged with: Labor & Employment Negligent Misrepresentation Tort/Negligence Wrongful Termination

Carolina Chloride, Inc. v. Richland County Where plaintiff continued to use its property as if it were zoned heavy industrial while the defendant-county processed and granted plaintiff’s request to rezone the property from rural to heavy industrial, the county did not inversely condemn plaintiff’s property. We affirm the decision of our Court of Appeals insofar as it upheld the circuit court’s directed verdict for the defendant-county. We overturn the Court of Appeals’ reversal of the circuit court’s directed verdict on plaintiff’s claims of negligence and negligent misrepresentation.

Tagged with: Municipal Negligent Misrepresentation Public Employees Tort/Negligence Zoning

Turner v. Milliman. Petitioners presented some evidence that, while the defendant-insurance agent told them they would be buying group health insurance, they were instead sold individual . . .

Tagged with: Fraud Health Insurance Negligent Misrepresentation Richland County Tort/Negligence

Trevillyan v. APX Alarm Security Systems, Inc. The plaintiffs were not required to exhaust administrative remedies, since the Alarm Systems Business Act did not mandate the exhaustion of administrative remedies nor did it supersede or constitute . . .

Tagged with: Breach of Contract Contract Negligent Misrepresentation Subject-Matter Jurisdiction

Newman v. Bankers Life & Casualty Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-038-10, 6 pp.) (David C. Norton, Ch.J.) D.S.C. Holding: Even though the defendant-insurer denied plaintiff’s claim under her long-term care policy because the claim failed to satisfy the “chronically ill” ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Diversity Jurisdiction Fraudulent Joinder Insurance Negligent Misrepresentation Unfair Trade Practices