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.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Heard April 7, 2015.
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.
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.
JusticeKITTREDGE.
We certified the following question from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina: "Can a legal malpractice claim be assigned between adversaries in litigation in which the alleged legal malpractice arose?" In answering the question "no," we adopt the majority rule and hold that such assignments are...
Let's get started
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.