HUGGINS v. CITIBANK, N.A.

No. 25691.

355 S.C. 329 (2003)

585 S.E.2d 275

P. Kenneth HUGGINS, Jr., Plaintiff, v. CITIBANK, N.A., Capital One Services, Inc., and Premier Bankcard, Inc., Defendants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided August 11, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Harpootlian, of Richard A. Harpootlian, and James B. Richardson, Jr., of Richardson & Birdsong, both of Columbia, for plaintiff.

Marcus A. Manos, of Nexsen Pruet Jacobs & Pollard, LLC, of Columbia; and Burt M. Rublin and John K. Semler, Jr., of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, of Philadelphia, PA, for Citibank, N.A., and Capital One Services, Inc., defendants.

Stephen P. Groves, Sr., and H. Michael Bowers, of Nexsen, Pruet, Jacobs, Pollard & Robinson, of Charleston; and Roberto A. Lange, of Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, L.L.P., of Sioux Falls, SD, for Premier Bankcard, Inc., defendant.

James Bernard Spears, Jr., of Haynsworth, Baldwin, Johnson & Greaves, of Columbia, for Dillard National Bank, defendant.

John T. Moore and B. Rush Smith, III, of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, L.L.P., of Columbia; and L. Richard Fischer, Oliver I. Ireland, Beth S. Brinkmann, and Seth M. Galanter, of Morrison & Foerster, LLP, of Washington, DC, for American Bankers Association, American Financial Services Association, America's Community Bankers, Consumer Bankers Association, The Financial Services Roundtable, Mastercard International, Inc., and Visa U.S.A., Inc., amici curiae.


Justice BURNETT:

We accepted this certified question from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina to determine whether South Carolina recognizes a cause of action for negligent enablement of imposter fraud. We hold South Carolina does not recognize such a cause of action.

FACTS

Plaintiff P. Kenneth Huggins, Jr., (Huggins) brought this action in federal court against Defendants Citibank, N.A., Capital One Services...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases