OWNERS INS. CO. v. CLAYTON

No. 25986.

364 S.C. 555 (2004)

614 S.E.2d 611

OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Janette CLAYTON, Richard Johnston, Jr. a/k/a A.R. Johnston, Jr., Lands Inn, Inc., d/b/a Lands Inn and Comfort Inn, Johnston Company, Inc., Robert Bowen, a/k/a Robert Bowners, Linda Silver-Jones, R.C. McEntire, Jr., and Carol Stanley, Defendants, of whom Janette Clayton, Lands Inn, Inc. d/b/a Lands Inn and Comfort Inn are, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided May 23, 2005.

Rehearing Denied July 7, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Norris, John S. Slosson, and Robert W. Whelan, all of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, of Charleston, for appellant.

Ervin Lindsay Blanks, of North Charleston, F. Barron Grier, III, of Grier Law Firm, LLC, of West Columbia, James Edward Bell, III, of Sumter, and John E. Parker, of Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth & Detrick, PA, of Hampton, for respondents.


Justice PLEICONES:

This is an appeal from a circuit court order granting respondent Lands Inn and respondent Clayton summary judgment on an insurance policy coverage question, and holding Lands Inn was entitled to indemnification by appellant (Owners) for a $1.25 million judgment in Clayton's tort suit. Owners asserts the circuit court erred in finding that coverage was not precluded by the policy's employment-related practices (ERP) exclusion, and that several other...

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