Legal Opinion
Houck v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Insurance
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided September 26, 2005No. 26043PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Justice WALLER:
We certified this case from the Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 204, SCACR. At issue is the liability of Respondent, State Farm Insurance Company, to Appellants, homeowners in Beaufort County (Homeowners), for allowing them to purchase Standard Flood Insurance Policies covering their homes, when Preferred Risk Policies were available for a lower cost. The circuit court granted summary judgment to State Farm, holding it was not liable to Homeowners. We affirm.
FACTS
Homeowners purchased flood insurance policies from State Farm for their homes in Beaufort County (on Hilton Head…
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