Mealey's (April 3, 2019, 11:57 AM EDT) -- COLUMBIA, S.C. — A majority of the South Carolina Supreme Court on March 6 found that an insurer's "unique position" allows it to maintain a direct malpractice action against counsel hired to represent its insured when it has a duty to defend, but noted that any inconsistency between the client's and the insurer's interests in the circumstances of a particular case is a question of law that should be addressed by the trial court (Sentry Select Insurance Company v. Maybank Law Firm, LLC, et al., No. 2016-001351, S.C. Sup.)....