L-J, INC. v. BITUMINOUS FIRE AND MARINE

No. 3505.

350 S.C. 549 (2002)

567 S.E.2d 489

L-J, INC., and Eagle Creek Construction Co., Inc., Transcontinental Insurance Company, The Home Indemnity Company and The Maryland Commercial Insurance Group, Plaintiffs, of whom Transcontinental Insurance Company, The Home Indemnity Company and The Maryland Commercial Insurance Group, Respondents, v. BITUMINOUS FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided June 3, 2002.

Rehearing Denied August 22, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Carpenter, Jr., Francis M. Mack and S. Elizabeth Brosnan, all of Richardson, Plowden, Carpenter & Robinson, of Columbia, for appellant.

Sean K. Trundy and I. Keith McCarty, both of Pratt Thomas, Epting & Walker, of Charleston, for respondents.


GOOLSBY, J.

In this declaratory judgment action, Bituminous appeals the circuit court's order that it indemnify Eagle Creek Construction Co., Inc., for a portion of a settlement L-J, Inc., and Eagle Creek reached with Dunes West Joint Venture, a South Carolina General Partnership. We affirm.

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On July 14, 1989, Eagle Creek Construction Co., Inc., a subsidiary of L-J, Inc. contracted with Dunes West Joint Venture to develop...

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