Ex parte Hartford Fire Ins. Co.

Ex parte Hartford Fire Insurance Company, Hartford

Casualty Insurance Company, American Empire Surplus

Lines Insurance Company, BITCO General Insurance

Corporation, Clarendon National Insurance Company,

Harleysville Insurance Company n/k/a Nationwide

Insurance Company, Selective Insurance Company,Crum & Forster Specialty Insurance Company,and First Mercury Insurance Company, Appellants,In re The Havens Condominium Association, Plaintiff, v. Centex Homes, et al., Defendants.

The River Crossing Condominium Association,and Vincent J. Tamburro, on Behalf of Himselfand Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. Centex Homes, et al., Defendants.

The Tanglewood Condominium Association, Plaintiff, v. Centex Homes, a Nevada General Partnership, et al., Defendants.

The Woodlands Condominium Association, Plaintiff, v. Centex Homes, a Nevada General Partnership, et al., Defendants,

of which The Havens Condominium Association,

The RiVer Crossing Condominium Association,

Vincent J. Tamburro, The Tanglewood Condominium Association,

The Woodlands Condominium Association,

and Centex Homes are the Respondents.

Appellate Case No. 2019-001053

Memorandum Opinion No. 2020-MO-011

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court

Submitted October 15, 2020

October 21, 2020

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.

Appeal from Horry County

Clifton Newman, Circuit Court Judge

AFFIRMED

Robert C. Calamari, Matthew A. Abee, and Patrick F. O'Dea, all of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, of Columbia, for Appellants Harleysville Insurance Company, NKA Nationwide, and Selective Insurance Company; Clayton B. McCullough and Ross A. Appel, both of McCullough Khan, LLC, of Charleston, for Appellant American Empire Surplus Lines Insurance Company; Lawrence M. Hunter Jr., of Hunter & Foster, PA, of Greenville, for Appellant BITCO General Insurance Corporation; Neil S. Haldrup, of Wall Templeton & Haldrup, PA, of Charleston, and Thomas B. Boger, of the Pflug Law Firm, LLC, of Mount Pleasant, both for Appellant Clarendon NationalInsurance Company; John S. Wilkerson III and R. Hawthorne Barrett, both of Turner Padget Graham & Laney, PA, of Charleston, for Appellants Crum & Forster Specialty Insurance Company and First Mercury Insurance Company; and Mark S. Barrow and Christy E. Mahon, both of Sweeny Wingate & Barrow, PA, of Columbia, and Steven M. Klepper, of Baltimore, Maryland, all for Appellants Hartford Casualty Insurance Company and Hartford Fire Insurance Company.

Phillip W. Segui Jr. and Abigail Y. Bechtol, both of Segui Law Firm, of Mount Pleasant, John T. Chakeris, of The Chakeris Law Firm, of Charleston, and Shaun W. Cranford, of Cranford Law, of Columbia, all for Respondents The Havens Condominium Association, The...