Court holds plaintiffs must prove three types of commonality Liability of a successor entity under South Carolina’s “mere continuation” rule continues to require commonality of ownership. However, the door may have been opened for successor liability in the absence of commonality of in the future. In Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company v. Eagle Window & Door,… Continue Reading
South Carolina Supreme Court Rules on Automobile Insurance Policy Question
South Carolina law does not require punitive damages be apportioned pro rata between bodily injury and property damage in a split limits automobile insurance policy. In Government Employees Insurance Company v. Poole, 2018 WL 3300235, (S.C., 2018), the South Carolina Supreme Court answered “No” to the following question certified to it by the United States… Continue Reading
Six Collins & Lacy Attorneys Honored as Best Lawyers in America
[COLUMBIA, GREENVILLE S.C. August 15, 2016] – Collins & Lacy, P.C. is pleased to announce six of its attorneys in multiple practice areas have been honored by Best Lawyers in America © 2017. The annual list is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey conducted by Best Lawyers, the oldest and most… Continue Reading
Six Collins & Lacy Attorneys Selected as 2016 Legal Elite
[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… Continue Reading
Best Lawyers in America Honors Seven Collins & Lacy Attorneys with One Named as 2016 Lawyer of the Year
[COLUMBIA, S.C. August 17, 2015] – Collins & Lacy, P.C. is pleased to announce that seven of its attorneys in multiple practice areas have been honored by Best Lawyers in America © 2016, one of whom has won the prestigious 2016 Lawyer of the Year award. The annual list is based on an exhaustive peer-review… 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
Kickball Game Organizer Covered When Injured During Game
In a 3-2 decision the Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals and the Workers’ Compensation Commission, finding an injury to the organizer of a company kickball game was compensable, although it may not have been for other employees, who merely played in the game. Whigham v. Jackson Dawson (Op. No. 27440 August 27, 2014).… Continue Reading
Judgment Against Insurer For Fire Loss Reversed Due To Admission Of Opinion Testimony Of Non-Expert Volunteer Fire Chief
The S.C. Court of Appeals reversed and remanded a half million dollar verdict against a homeowner’s insurance company because the fire chief was allowed to testify regarding his opinion on causation. Fowler v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Ins. Co., Op. No. 5256 (S.C. Ct. App. filed August 6, 2014). The plaintiff’s home was destroyed by a… Continue Reading
Eleventh Circuit Rejects Excess Insurers Bad Faith Claim Against Primary Insurer Due to Lack of Damages Causation
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a Florida district court’s award of damages to the excess insurer on the ground that the excess insurer failed to prove the primary insurer’s alleged bad faith had caused the excess insurer damages. Westchester Fire Ins. Co. v. Mid-Continental Casualty Co., No. 13-12932 (11th Cir. June 19, 2014).… Continue Reading
S.C. Supreme Court Rejects Reasonable Expectations Doctrine as a Substantive Right
The S.C. Supreme Court declined to adopt the doctrine of reasonable expectations within the insurance coverage context in Bell v. Progressive Direct Insurance Co., Op. No. 27381 (S.C. Sup. Ct. filed April 9, 2014). Instead, the court held the doctrine may be used as another interpretive tool, but it does not apply where a contract… Continue Reading
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