BERKELEY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT v. HUB INT'L

Nos. 19-1158, 19-1170, 19-1171.

944 F.3d 225 (2019)

BERKELEY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HUB INTERNATIONAL LIMITED; Hub International Midwest Limited, Defendants-Appellants, and Knauff Insurance Agency, Inc.; Stanley J. Pokorney; Scott Pokorney; Brantley Thomas, Defendants. Berkeley County School District, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Scott Pokorney, Defendant-Appellant, and Hub International Limited; Hub International Midwest Limited; Knauff Insurance Agency, Inc.; Stanley J. Pokorney; Brantley Thomas, Defendants. Berkeley County School District, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Stanley J. Pokorney, Defendant-Appellant, and Hub International Limited; Hub International Midwest Limited; Knauff Insurance Agency, Inc.; Scott Pokorney; Brantley Thomas, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: December 4, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Michael Gregory Pattillo, Jr. , MOLOLAMKEN LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Joshua S. Whitley , SMYTH WHITLEY, LLC, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: William J. Cooper , Washington, D.C., Thomas J. Wiegand , Chicago, Illinois, W. Alex Harris , MOLOLAMKEN LLP, New York, New York; Christy Ford Allen , John A. Massalon , WILLS MASSALON & ALLEN LLC, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellants Hub International Limited and Hub International Midwest Limited. Robert H. Jordan , Amanda C. Williams , PARKER, POE, ADAMS & BERNSTEIN, LLP, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellant Scott Pokorney. Deborah B. Barbier , DEBORAH B. BARBIER, LLC, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant. Stanley J. Pokorney , Jeffrey A. Breit , BREIT CANTOR GRANA BUCKNER, PLLC, Virginia Beach, Virginia, for Appellee.

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge King wrote the opinion, in which Judge Floyd and Judge Rushing joined.


Four defendants in the underlying proceedings — Hub International Limited and Hub International Midwest Limited (collectively, "Hub International"), along with two of their employees, Stanley Pokorney and Scott Pokorney (together with Hub International, the "Appellants")—...

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