Fund Owes More Than $1M In Indemnity Coverage, S.C. Majority Rules In Reversal

Mealey's (June 30, 2021, 11:38 AM EDT) -- COLUMBIA, S.C. — A majority of the South Carolina Supreme Court on June 16 held that a town’s negligent acts of hiring, retaining and supervising a police officer and the police officer’s use of deadly force to kill the town’s former mayor are separate occurrences under the terms of the town’s insurance policy, reversing an appeals court’s determination as to the amount of indemnity coverage available and vacating its finding that a bad faith claim against the insurer is barred by the South Carolina Tort Claims Act....