SKIPPER v. ACE PROPERTY AND CAS. INS. CO.

No. 27547.

413 S.C. 33 (2015)

775 S.E.2d 54

George SKIPPER, Veronica Skipper, Michael Perry Bowers, Specialty Logging, LLC, and Harold Moors, Plaintiffs, v. ACE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Brantley C. Rowlen, and Erin Lawson Coia, Defendants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided July 15, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blake A. Hewitt , of Bluestein Nichols Thompson & Delgado, of Columbia; Mark B. Tinsley , of Gooding & Gooding, of Allendale; and Randolph Murdaugh, IV , of Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth & Detrick, of Hampton, for Plaintiffs.

Robert H. Hood , Robert H. Hood, Jr. , and Deborah Harrison Sheffield , all of the Hood Law Firm, LLC, of Charleston, for Defendants Brantley C. Rowlen and Erin Lawson Coia.

A. Camden Lewis , of Lewis, Babcock & Griffin, L.L.P., of Columbia; Ronald K. Wray, II and Gray T. Culbreath , both of Gallivan, White & Boyd, P.A., of Greenville; and Robert Rivera, Jr. and Robert S. Safi , both of Susman Godfrey L.L.P., of Houston, Texas, for Defendant Ace Property and Casualty Insurance Company.

David C. Marshall , of Turner Padget Graham & Laney P.A., of Columbia; and Alan G. Jones , of McAngus, Goudelock & Courie, of Myrtle Beach, for Amicus Curiae, South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association.

David C. Marshall and R. Hawthorne Barrett , of Turner Padget Graham & Laney P.A., of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae, Property Casualty Insurance Association of America.


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