BALLARD v. ADMIRAL INSURANCE CO.

Appellate Case No. 2019-000367 Opinion No. 5994.

442 S.C. 22 (2023)

897 S.E.2d 183

Desa BALLARD and Desa Ballard P.A., d/b/a Ballard & Watson, Appellants, v. ADMIRAL INSURANCE COMPANY and Adele J. Pope, individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Gloria Corley, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Filed June 28, 2023.

Rehearing Denied February 21, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Steven Bland, of Bland Richter, LLP, of Lexington; and Scott Michael Mongillo and Ronald L. Richter, Jr., both of Bland Richter, LLP, of Charleston, all for Appellants.

Adele Jeffords Pope, of Law Office of Adele J. Pope, PC, of Newberry, pro se.

Wesley Brian Sawyer, of Murphy & Grantland, PA, of Columbia, for Respondent Admiral Insurance Company.

Adam Tremaine Silvernail, of Law Ofc. of Adam T. Silvernail, of Columbia, for Respondent Adele J. Pope, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Gloria Corley.


In this action for declaratory judgment, Desa Ballard and Desa Ballard, P.A. (collectively, Ballard) appeal an order granting Admiral Insurance Company's (Admiral) motion for judgment on the pleadings, arguing the circuit court erred in considering the language of the "hammer clause"1 found in Admiral's...

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