REEVES v. SOUTH CAROLINA MUNICIPAL INS.

Opinion No. 28034.

434 S.C. 18 (2021)

862 S.E.2d 248

Ashley REEVES, as Personal Representative for the Estate of Albert Carl "Bert" Reeves, Petitioner, v. SOUTH CAROLINA MUNICIPAL INSURANCE AND RISK FINANCING FUND, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed June 16, 2021.

Rehearing Denied September 21, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Mullins McLeod Jr. and Colin Ram , McLeod Law Group, LLC, of Charleston for Petitioner.

C. Mitchell Brown and Brian Patrick Crotty , Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, of Columbia for Respondent.


A Town of Cottageville police officer shot and killed the former town Mayor Bert Reeves. A federal jury awarded Reeves' estate $97,500,000 in damages. The South Carolina Municipal Insurance and Risk Financing Fund, which insured the town, paid $10,000,000 to settle the federal lawsuit and two other lawsuits. The Settlement Agreement...

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