BEI-BEACH, LLC v. CHRISTMAN

Appellate Case No. 2019-002001 Opinion No. 5982.

440 S.C. 98 (2023)

889 S.E.2d 601

BEI-BEACH, LLC, Plaintiff, v. Mashburn CHRISTMAN, JV, Lend Lease (US) Construction, Inc., f/k/a Bovis Lend Lease, Inc., and McCrory Construction Company, LLC, Defendants, v. Mashburn Christman, JV, Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Wallcraft Construction, Inc.; Alpha Insulation & Waterproofing, Inc.; Baker Roofing, Inc.; Collins & Wright, Inc.; Liberty Mutual Insurance Company; Old Republic Surety Company; Hartford Fire Insurance Co.; Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America; The Muhler Company, Inc., and Companion Property and Casualty Insurance Company, Third-Party Defendants, Lend Lease (US) Construction, Inc. f/k/a Bovis Lend Lease, Inc., Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Spann Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc.; Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America; Strickland Waterproofing Company; Merchants Bonding Company; Everest Reinsurance Company; Wallcraft Construction, Inc., Old Republic Insurance Company; Madison Construction Group, Inc., Worthington Integrated Building Systems; McDowell Commercial Construction, LLC; Jollay Masonry; National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford; R.J. Kenney Associates, Inc.; Antunovich Associates; TG Construction, LLC; Luis Benegas d/b/a Luis Trim Work; Nora Del Carmen Laos, Nora Del Carmon Lagos d/b/a Luis Trim Work; and Ovation Custom Trim, LLC, Third-Party Defendants, McCrory Construction Company, LLC, Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Collins & Wright; Baker Roofing; Glasstech Inc.; Palmetto State Roofing and Sheet Metal; Strickland Waterproofing; Maiday, Inc.; and Atlas Drywall & Acoustics, Inc., Third-Party Defendants, Spann Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc., Fourth-Party Plaintiff, v. Coastal Commercial Roofing Co., Inc., and Daniel Kniffen d/b/a East Coast Improvements, Fourth-Party Defendants. Wallcraft Construction, Inc., Fourth-Party Plaintiff, v. Vienamin Petresku d/b/a BT Construction, LLC, Fourth-Party Defendant, of which Lend Lease (US) Construction Inc., f/k/a Bovis Lend Lease, Inc. is the Appellant, and Antunovich Associates is the Respondent.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Filed April 26, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis Heyward Grimball , of Richardson Plowden & Robinson, PA, of Mount Pleasant, and James Atkinson Bruorton, IV and Elizabeth Foy Nicholson , both of Rosen Hagood, LLC, of Charleston, all for Appellant.

Michael B.T. Wilkes , of Wilkes Atkinson & Joyner, LLC, of Spartanburg, and James Alexander Joyner , of Wilkes Atkinson & Joyner, LLC, of Charleston, both for Respondent.


In this construction defect litigation, Lend Lease (US) Construction, Inc. (Lend Lease) appeals the circuit court's grant of partial summary judgment to Antunovich Associates (Antunovich). Lend Lease argues the circuit court erred in (1) failing to recognize its independent cause of action for professional negligence against architect...

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