Insurance Defense
This includes the defense of the insured for many personal lines and commercial line carriers for bodily injury and personal injury claims resulting from automobile accidents and miscellaneous other events not included within the Firm's Premises Liability, Trucking Defense or Products Liability practice areas.
Recent Cases
- Adam Neil obtained a defense verdict in a defamation and breach of contract case in Charleston County. The plaintiff, the former pastor of a local church, sued the chairman of the deacons. The Court directed a verdict on the breach of contract claim and the jury took only thirty minutes to return a defense verdict on the remaining claims.
- John Grantland defended a fast-food restaurant in Allendale County and received a directed verdict. The plaintiff had alleged food poisoning as a result of a contaminated chicken sandwich. While the plaintiff presented medical expert testimony that the plaintiff suffered from food poisoning, the defense presented the testimony of the plaintiff’s own treating physician, who testified that the plaintiff did not have food poisoning, as well as testimony from employees regarding the preparation of the food. The trial judge granted a directed verdict on the grounds that the plaintiff had not presented any evidence of the restaurant’s negligence. At the conclusion of the trial, the clerk of court told Grantland that this was the first directed verdict in a personal injury case in Allendale County that she could recall in the last 20 years.