Legal Opinion
Tadlock Painting Co. v. Maryland Casualty Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided July 15, 1996No. 24465PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Waller, Justice:
The following question has been certified to this Court from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit:
May an insured assert a cause of action on an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing against his insurance company for consequential damages he allegedly suffered because of the insurance company’s bad-faith handling of third-party claims?
FACTS
Maryland Casualty Company (“Insurer”) issued a commercial general liability insurance policy to Tadlock Painting Company (“Insured”), a Darlington, South Carolina company. The claims involved under this policy…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Gruenberg v. Aetna InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1973
- Anderson v. Continental InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1978
- Rawlings v. ApodacaArizona Supreme Court · 1986
- White v. Unigard Mutual InsuranceIdaho Supreme Court · 1986
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. ShraderWyoming Supreme Court · 1994
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3Cited by36 opinions
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- Peterson Ex Rel. Walker v. West American InsuranceCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1999
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