Legal Opinion
Auto-Owners Insurance v. Rhodes
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided September 25, 2013No. Appellate Case No. 2009-143546; No. 27316PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Beatty
Samuel W. Rhodes (“Rhodes”) and Piedmont Promotions, Inc. (“Piedmont”) sued Marion L. Eadon, d/b/a C & B Fabrication,1 for damages arising out of the faulty construction of three outdoor advertising billboard signs after one of the signs fell across Interstate 77. A Fairfield County jury returned a verdict for actual and punitive damages in favor of Rhodes (“the tort action”). At the time of the tort action, Eadon’s two corporations, C & B Fabrications, Inc. and Low Country Signs, Inc., were listed as named insureds under a commercial general liability (“CGL”) policy (“the policy”) issued by…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Vermont Mutual Insurance v. MalcolmSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1986
- Felts v. Richland CountySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1991
- Bushey v. Northern Assurance Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
- Sloan Construction Co. v. Central National InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1977
- D.R. Sherry Construction, Ltd. v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 2010
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