Sloan Construction Co. v. Central National Insurance

Ness, Justice.

Respondent, Sloan Construction Company, was the defendant in a civil action instituted by one Larry Cole Varner in January of 1966. That action arose from a collision between a dump truck being operated by an agent of Sloan and a vehicle driven by Varner. A Jury verdict for Varner was subsequently reversed by this Court on the ground that Varner was contributorily negligent. Varner v. Ballenger Paving Company, Inc. and Sloan Construction Co., Inc., 254 S. C. 120, 173 S. E. (2d) 789 (1970). The total amount of costs and attorneys’ fees incurred in defending the Varner action was…