[COLUMBIA/GREENVILLE, S.C. August 3, 2016] – Six Collins & Lacy, P.C. attorneys have been selected to Columbia Business Monthly’s and Greenville Business Magazine’s 2016 Legal Elite of the Midlands and Legal Elite of the Upstate. The attorneys, who are out of the firm’s Columbia and Greenville offices, are recognized as follows: Columbia Peter Dworjanyn Andy… Continue Reading
Collins & Lacy Attorneys Selected as 2015 Legal Elite of the Upstate
[GREENVILLE, S.C. August 7, 2015] – Three Collins & Lacy, P.C. attorneys have been selected to Greenville Business Magazine’s 2015 Legal Elite of the Upstate. The attorneys recognized are Jack Griffeth (Insurance Law), Ross Plyler (Civil Litigation), and Logan Wells (Insurance Law), who together make up a majority of the firm’s Greenville office. The Legal… Continue Reading
Collins & Lacy Attorneys Selected as 2015 South Carolina Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars® with Two Named as South Carolina Top 25 and One as Top 10
[COLUMBIA, S.C. April 27, 2015] – Eight Collins & Lacy, P.C. attorneys have been selected to the 2015 South Carolina Super Lawyers® and South Carolina Rising Stars® list, two of whom were ranked among the South Carolina Top 25 lawyers list and one in the Top 10. “The recognition given to these fine lawyers is… Continue Reading
Auto Coverage for UberX Drivers Meets SC Requirements According to SCDOI
UberX may have passed one of the primary roadblocks to its business operations in South Carolina – meeting the state’s insurance requirements. In July 2014, UberX, a ridesharing service, expanded into South Carolina, offering transportation in four of the state’s major urban areas – Columbia, Charleston, Myrtle Beach, and Greenville. UberX’s transportation service is offered… Continue Reading
Collins & Lacy Attorney Honored for Professional and Community Service Accomplishments
[COLUMBIA, S.C. September 18, 2014] – Collins & Lacy, P.C. is pleased to announce Logan Wells has been named one of the “Best & Brightest” by Greenville Business Magazine. Every year, the magazine honors 36 of the community’s leaders 35 years of age or younger who excel in a number of careers – law, accounting,… Continue Reading
In a Case of First Impression, District Court Finds an Insurer May Not Seek a Declaration as to Another Insurer’s Duty to Defend
An insurance company may not seek to require another insurer to defend its insured via declaratory judgment according to the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina in Auto-Owners Insurance Company v. Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America, No. 4:12-cv-3423-RBH, 2014 WL 3687338 (D.S.C. Jul. 22, 2014). The plaintiff in the… Continue Reading
Greenville Business Magazine Names Collins & Lacy Attorneys as Legal Elite
Collins & Lacy, P.C. is pleased to announce Ross Plyler and Logan Wells have been recognized by their peers as members of Greenville Business Magazine’s 2014 Legal Elite of the Upstate. Ross Plyler is receiving the Legal Elite honor for his work in civil litigation. Plyler is a shareholder in Collins & Lacy’s Greenville office… Continue Reading
S.C. Supreme Court Finds CGL Policy Excludes Coverage Where Subcontractor Damages Insured’s Completed Work
A Commercial General Liability (CGL) policy did not provide coverage when a brick face was damaged by improper cleaning after the insured completed its installation according to a recent opinion of the South Carolina Supreme Court. Finding exclusions j.(5) and n applied to remove coverage, the S.C. Supreme Court reversed the decision of the circuit… Continue Reading
4th Circuit Finds Retired Insured Is Not Entitled to Benefits Under Disability Policy
Retired Insured Was Not Regularly Engaged in Occupation for Gain or Profit A disability income policy does not provide benefits to someone already retired, according to a July 2013, unpublished opinion of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Finding the policy definitions of “your regular occupation” and “total disability” were unambiguous, the Fourth Circuit affirmed… Continue Reading
S.C. Supreme Court Holds Limit of Liability Provision Is Neither Unconscionable nor Against Public Policy
Originally published on the South Carolina Insurance Law Blog by Attorney Logan Wells Contractual limitation of a home inspector’s liability does not violate South Carolina public policy and, as a matter of law, is not unconscionable, according to a March 2013 opinion of the S.C. Supreme Court. Finding such limit of liability clauses are enforceable, the court specifically noted… Continue Reading
