Legal Opinion
City of Hartsville v. South Carolina Municipal Insurance & Risk Financing Fund
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided May 18, 2009No. 26625PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Beatty
In this declaratory judgment action, South Carolina Municipal Insurance and Risk Financing Fund (Insurer) appeals the circuit court’s order finding the Insurer had a continuing duty to defend the City of Hartsville (City) and ordering it to pay the City the costs it incurred from having to defend, against a suit brought by a Hartsville landowner. Pursuant to Rule 204(b), SCACR, this Court certified this appeal from the Court of Appeals. We affirm the decision of the circuit court.
FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
In 1991, Phelix Byrd (Byrd) purchased a 46.358 acre tract of land that lay partly in…
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