WILSON v. WILLIS

No. 5387.

416 S.C. 395 (2016)

786 S.E.2d 571

Richard WILSON, Michael J. Antoniak, Jr., Marsha L. Antoniak, Anita L. Belton, Prescott Darren Bosler, Johnny Calhoun, Sallie Calhoun, Cynthia Gary, Robert Wayne Gary, Eugene P. Lawton, Jr., Jeanette Norman, James Robert Shirley, Robert W. Spires, Crystal Spires Wiley, Lewis S. Williams, Janie Wiltshire, Benjamin Franklin Wofford, Jr., and Rebecca Hammond Wofford, Respondents, v. Laura B. WILLIS and Jesse A. Dantice, individually and as agents and/or brokers for Southern Risk Insurance Services, LLC, Travelers Casualty Insurance Company of America, Allied Property and Casualty Insurance Company, Peerless Insurance Company, Montgomery Mutual Insurance Company, Safeco Insurance Company of America, and Foremost Insurance Company; Southern Risk Insurance Services, LLC, Travelers Casualty Insurance Company of America, Allied Property and Casualty Insurance Company, Peerless Insurance Company, Montgomery Mutual Insurance Company, Safeco Insurance Company of America, and Foremost Insurance Company, Defendants, Of whom Peerless Insurance Company, Montgomery Mutual Insurance Company, and Safeco Insurance Company of America are the Appellants, and Of whom Laurie Williams is a Respondent.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided March 2, 2016.

Rehearing Denied June 24, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Mitchell Brown , William C. Wood, Jr. , Allen Mattison Bogan , and Miles Edward Coleman , of Columbia; and Robert Curt Calamari , of Myrtle Beach, all of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, for appellants.

Thomas E. Hite, Jr. , of Hite and Stone, of Abbeville, for Respondents Richard Wilson, Cynthia Gary, Robert Wayne Gary, Robert W. Spires, Crystal Spires Wiley, Lewis S. Williams, Michael J. Antoniak, Jr., Marsha L. Antoniak, Eugene P. Lawton, Jr., Anita L. Belton, Jeanette Norman, James Robert Shirley, Johnny Calhoun, Sallie Calhoun, Benjamin Franklin Wofford, Jr., Rebecca Hammond Wofford, Prescott Darren Bosler, and Janie Wiltshire; and Jane Hawthorne Merrill , of Hawthorne Merrill Law, LLC, of Greenwood, for respondent.


Peerless Insurance Company (Peerless), Montgomery Mutual Insurance Company (Montgomery), and Safeco Insurance Company (Safeco) (collectively "the Insurers") appeal the circuit court's denial of their motions to dismiss the claims and compel arbitration in fourteen related actions. The Insurers argue the court erred in (1) ruling no...

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