Legal Opinion
Spence v. Wingate
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided October 17, 2011No. 27055PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Acting Chief Justice BEATTY.
In this action, Deborah W. Spence (“Mrs. Spence”) alleges attorney Kenneth Wingate and his law firm (“Wingate”)1 breached a fiduciary duty to her as a former client regarding the handling of her late husband’s congressional life insurance policy. The circuit court granted partial summary judgment to Wingate, finding as a matter of law that Wingate did not owe any fiduciary duties in this regard. The Court of Appeals reversed and remanded the matter for trial, holding summary judgment was inappropriate because a genuine issue of material fact existed as to what, if…
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