Legal Opinion
Spence v. Wingate
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided September 18, 2009No. 4585PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHearn, C.J.
Deborah Spence (Wife) appeals from the circuit court’s grant of partial summary judgment in favor of Kenneth Win-gate, finding he did not breach his fiduciary duty to Wife regarding her husband’s life insurance policy. We reverse.
FACTS 1
On August 13, 2001, respondents Kenneth Wingate and Sweeny Wingate & Barrow, P.A. (collectively Wingate) commenced legal representation of Wife. The purpose of the representation was to negotiate an agreement between Wife and the four sons of her husband, Congressman Floyd W. Spence, concerning the division of Spence’s probate estate. Wife and Spence’s sons…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Osborne Ex Rel. Osborne v. AdamsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2001
- Moore v. MooreCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2004
- Hotz Ex Rel. Shareholders of Minyard-Waidner, Inc. v. MinyardSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1991
- Spence Ex Rel. Estate of Spence v. WingateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2009
- Nexsen v. HaddockCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2002
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Spence v. WingateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2011
- Spence v. WingateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2011