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SENTRY SELECT INS. v. MAYBANK LAW FIRM

Opinion No. 27806.

426 S.C. 154 (2019)

826 S.E.2d 270

SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. MAYBANK LAW FIRM, LLC, and Roy P. Maybank, Defendants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed March 6, 2019.

Refiled March 11, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daryl G. Hawkins , Law Office of Daryl G. Hawkins, LLC, of Columbia, for Plaintiff.

David W. Overstreet , Michael B. McCall , and Steven R. Kropski ; Earhart Overstreet, LLC; all of Charleston; for Defendants.

Sentry Select Insurance Company brought a legal malpractice lawsuit in federal district court against the lawyer it hired to defend its insured in an automobile accident case. The district court requested we answer the following questions:

(1) Whether an insurer may maintain a direct malpractice action against counsel hired...

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