Legal Opinion
Hodges v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided March 7, 1980No. Civ. A. 78-1210-6, 78-1212-6PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
HEMPHILL, Chief Judge.
Before this court are cross motions for summary judgment in two companion cases which seek to recover, inter alia, $200,000.00 in damages from an insurer as indemnification for a pair of default judgments rendered in state court, allegedly as a result of the insurer’s failure to defend and/or timely settle. Plaintiffs in these actions are the assignors of the insureds, William S. Fanning and Birobal Corporation, and were also the plaintiffs in the state court actions. This unusual twist wherein plaintiffs occupy the shoes of their…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Missionaries of the Co. of Mary, Inc. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1967
- Sloan Construction Co. v. Central National InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1977
- Masters v. DunstanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1962
- Tyger River Pine Co. v. Maryland Casualty Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1933
- Addy v. BoltonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1971
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Gray v. Grain Dealers Mutual InsuranceDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1988
- Donnell v. Industrial Fire & Casualty Insurance Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
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