S.C. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Longphre
Decision Date | 07 December 2022 |
Docket Number | 2022-UP-443 |
Parties | South Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, Respondent, v. Richard K. Longphre and Travis E. Simpson, Defendants, Of Whom Richard K. Longphre is Appellant. Appellate Case No. 2020-001141 |
Court | South Carolina Court of Appeals |
THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.
Neal Douglas Truslow, of Truslow & Truslow, of Columbia, for Appellant.
Ross Buchanan Plyler, of Roe Cassidy Coates & Price, PA, of Greenville, for Respondent.
Richard K. Longphre appeals the circuit court's order granting summary judgment in favor of South Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company (Farm Bureau). On appeal, Longphre argues the circuit court erred in finding Farm Bureau did not provide liability coverage for the injuries he sustained due to the alleged actions of Farm Bureau's insured, Travis Simpson. We affirm. We hold the circuit court did not err in granting summary judgment because Simpson's actions fell within the policy's intentional acts exclusion. See State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Windham, 432 S.C. 134 143, 850 S.E.2d 633, 638 (Ct. App. 2020) (); id. (); S.C. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Dawsey, 371 S.C. 353, 356, 638 S.E.2d 103, 104 (Ct. App. 2006) (); id. (); id. (); id. at 356, 638 S.E.2d at 105 (). Simpson's Farm Bureau policy excluded from personal liability coverage bodily injury "resulting from intentional acts or directions of [the policyholder] or any insured" and further provided "[t]he expected or unexpected results o[f] these acts or directions are not covered." Longphre asserted Farm Bureau was required to provide coverage for an injury he allegedly sustained following an altercation with Simpson. Simpson testified that he tackled Longphre to the ground, and as the men stood up, Simpson pushed Longphre causing him to fall. Simpson explained the push was "to get up and to get [Longphre] away from [him]...
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