Williamson v. South Carolina Insurance Reserve Fund

CHIEF JUSTICE TOAL:

This is an appeal from the circuit court. Respondents brought a declaratory judgment action to determine a number of issues involving interpretation of the South Carolina Tort Claims Act, S.C.Code Ann. §§ 15-78-10 through 200 (“TCA”). The trial court found that Respondents were entitled to collect the full $2.5 million in stipulated damages, and that the South Carolina Insurance Reserve Fund (“thé Fund”) was obligated, under the insurance policy it issued to Spartanburg County Health Services District, Inc., (“the District”) to pay this entire amount. The Fund and the…