Skipper v. ACE Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co.

**34We certified the following question from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina: "Can a legal malpractice claim be assigned between adversaries in litigation in which the alleged legal malpractice arose?" In answering the question "no," we adopt the majority rule and hold that such assignments are void as against public policy.

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George Skipper, a citizen of Georgia, was involved in a motor vehicle accident with a logging truck that was driven by **35Harold Moors and owned by Specialty Logging, LLC (Specialty). Specialty had a commercial automobile insurance…