AUTO-OWNERS INS. CO. v. BRAZELL BUILDERS

No. 25736.

356 S.C. 156 (2003)

588 S.E.2d 112

AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY and Owners Insurance Company, Plaintiffs, v. CARL BRAZELL BUILDERS, INC., Essex Homes Southeast, Inc., Rex Thompson Builders, Inc., Marc Homebuilders, Inc., Garryle Deas, Veronica Deas, Alma E. Owens, Toni C. Yarber, Ron Thomas, Candace R. Thomas, Henry O. Jacobs Builders, Inc., James Waldon, Lela Waldon, Reginald Perry, Jeanette Perry, Theodore Cole, Susan Irwin, Mike Irwin, Webb Thompson and Diane Thompson, Defendants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided October 20, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grenville Delorme Morgan, Jr., and Larry A. Foster, Jr., of McAngus, Goudelock & Courie, L.L.C., of Columbia, for plaintiffs.

Charnell Glenn Peake, of Peake, Fowler & Associates, P.A., of Columbia, for Defendant Carl Brazell Builders, Inc.; Robert C. Brown, of Brown and Brehmer, of Columbia, for Defendants Essex Homes Southeast, Inc., Rex Thompson Builders, Inc., and Marc Homebuilders, Inc.; Robert J. Thomas, of Rogers, Townsend & Thomas, P.C., of Columbia, for Defendant Henry O. Jacobs Builder, Inc.; and Robert D. Dodson, of Strom Law Firm, L.L.C., of Columbia, for Defendants Garryle Deas, Veronica Deas, Alma E. Owens, Toni C. Yarber, Ron Thomas, Candace R. Thomas, James Waldon, Lela Waldon, Reginald Perry, Jeanette Perry, Theodore Cole, Susan Irwin, Mike Irwin, Webb Thompson, and Diane Thompson.


CERTIFIED QUESTIONS

Justice BURNETT:

This matter is before the Court for the purpose of answering certified questions propounded by the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.

FACTS

Plaintiffs Auto-Owners Insurance Company and Owners Insurance Company (Plaintiffs or Insurers) filed this action in federal court seeking a declaratory judgment against the above-captioned defendants. Specifically, Insurers sought...

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