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COCK-N-BULL STEAK HOUSE v. GENERALI INS.

No. 24372.

466 S.E.2d 727 (1996)

COCK-N-BULL STEAK HOUSE, INC., Respondent, v. GENERALI INSURANCE COMPANY, a/k/a Generali—U.S. Branch, Generali Underwriters, Inc., Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided January 22, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Travis Medlock and Michael S. Pauley, both of Lide, Montgomery, Potts & Medlock, Columbia; Rudolph V. Pino, Jr. and John F. McKay, III, of Pino & Associates, White Plains, NY, for Appellant.

Kenneth M. Suggs, of Suggs & Kelly, Columbia; A.F. Carter, III, of The Carter Law Firm, Orangeburg, for Respondent.

TOAL, Acting Chief Justice:

In this action against an insurance company, the insured asserts claims of breach of contract and bad faith failure to pay insurance claim. The insurance company appeals the trial court's directed verdict on these two claims and the jury's award of punitive damages in favor of the insured. We affirm.

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Cock-N-Bull Steak House, Inc. ("Cock-Bull") was the owner of an Orangeburg, South Carolina...

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