South Carolina Court Says Insurer Off the Hook for Shoddy Construction

The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled that insurers are not liable for damages caused by faulty workmanship under a contractor’s commercial general liability policy. In a recent ruling, the high court found that a builder’s insurance company, the Pennsylvania-based Harleysville Mutual Insurance Co., was not on the hook for $16.8 million in damages based on the builder’s negligence when constructing the properties.