South Carolina Supreme Court: Asbestos Cases

Our case-law library holds 6 asbestos decisions from the South Carolina Supreme Court (2003–2024). Each links to our summary and the full opinion.

• State: South Carolina
• Kind of court: State supreme court

Decisions

• Covil Corporation EX rel. Protopapas v. Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Company (2024). The South Carolina Supreme Court affirmed, as modified, the court of appeals' decision upholding summary judgment for Covil Corporation (through its receiver) against Penn National, which had to indemnify Covil for the Rollins asbestos settlement.
• Edwards v. Scapa Waycross, Inc. (2024). The South Carolina Supreme Court affirmed the court of appeals' ruling for Edwards (the estate of Stewart) against Scapa Waycross on causation, and dismissed the writ as improvidently granted on additur and reallocation of settlement proceeds.
• Jolly v. Fisher Controls International, LLC (2024). The South Carolina Supreme Court affirmed the court of appeals, upholding the trial court's new trial nisi additur for the Jollys and its partial setoff of settlements, and remanded for Fisher and Crosby to accept the additur or elect a new trial.
• Keene v. Cna Holdings, LLC (2021). The South Carolina Supreme Court affirmed the court of appeals, holding Dennis Seay was not Hoechst's statutory employee, so the $14 million actual and $2 million punitive verdict against CNA Holdings stood.
• Henderson v. Allied Signal, Inc. (2007). The South Carolina Supreme Court affirmed summary judgment for the respondent manufacturers, finding the Hendersons failed to prove actionable asbestos exposure in South Carolina, and affirmed the exclusion of cumulative evidence on other asbestos diseases.
• Murphy v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (2003). The South Carolina Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Appeals, which had reversed the circuit court's dismissal under the Door Closing Statute, so the Murphys' suit against DuPont may proceed in South Carolina.