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Insurance company pays $2.15 million in hotel arson case

A family-owned hotel business settled its insurance bad faith claim against Seneca Specialty Insurance Company (Seneca) for $2.15 million after the insurer failed to pay for fire damage caused by an arson.

The West Columbia, South Carolina business, Vagish LLC and Va Va Vagish LLC (collectively,…

Greenville business awarded $14.5 million in insurance bad faith claim

After an eight day trial, a federal jury in Greenville, South Carolina awarded a local business $14.5 million in damages for bad faith and breach of contract against an insurance company. The plaintiff sought recovery for the insurance company’s denial of a casualty claim stemming from a fire at the plaintiff’s place of business….

$7.9 million award upheld in class action against insurance companies

A federal court upheld the award of $7.9 million in damages to a class of plaintiff cancer patients for breach of contract by two insurance companies.

The appellate court’s decision is the second in favor of the plaintiffs as the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit previously granted summary judgment in the cancer patients favor in Ward v.…