UPDATE as of July 31, 2014: On December 12, 2012, the plaintiffs petitioned the South Carolina Supreme Court to issue a writ of certiorari. The Supreme Court granted certiorari on June 25, 2014. Accordingly, this decision may be modified or reversed in the future. The South Carolina Court of Appeals recently held that a general… Continue Reading
S.C. Supreme Court Rules on Statute Requiring CGL Policies to Contain a Specific Definition of “Occurrence”
S.C. Statute Requiring CGL Policies to Contain a Specific Definition of “Occurrence” Held Constitutional; Retroactive Application of Statute Held Unconstitutional In a recent decision, Harleysville Mutual Insurance Co. v. South Carolina, (Opinion 27189, Nov. 21, 2012), the South Carolina Supreme Court held S.C. Code § 38-61-70, which addresses the definition of “occurrence” in commercial general… Continue Reading
