Smalls v. Weed

In this action for breach of contract, bad faith refusal to pay an insurance claim and outrage, we are called upon to decide whether the courts of South Carolina have personal jurisdiction over a Tennessee rehabilitator. The trial court found personal jurisdiction over the Tennessee rehabilitator. We affirm.

Respondent Sam Smalls, Jr. suffered fire damage to his timberjack and filed a claim with appellant Cherokee Insurance Company of Tennessee, with whom he had a contract for fire insurance. Cherokee then went into rehabilitation proceedings in Tennessee. Smalls made a claim in the Tennessee…