Legal Opinion
Cock-N-Bull Steak House, Inc. v. Generali Insurance
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided January 22, 1996No. 24372PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Toal, Acting Chief Justice:
In this action against an insurance company, the insured asserts claims of breach of contract and bad-faith failure to pay insurance claim. The insurance Company appeals the trial court’s directed verdict on these two claims and the jury’s award of punitive damages in favor of the insured. We affirm.
FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Cock-N-Bull Steak Home, Inc. (“Cock-N-Bull”) was the owner of an Orangeburg, South Carolina restaurant which was destroyed by fire in May 1991. After the fire, Cock-N-Bull attempted to collect on its insurance policy with the Generali…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Gamble v. StevensonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1991
- Nichols v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1983
- Crossley v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1992
- State v. SchumpertSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1993
- Strange v. S.C. Department of Highways & Public TransportationSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1994
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3Cited by58 opinions
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- Pitts v. Jackson National Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2002
- Proctor v. Department of Health & Environmental ControlCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2006
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