Progressive Max Insurance v. Floating Caps

Automobile insurer Progressive Max Insurance Co. brought a contribution action against Floating Caps, Inc., d/b/a Silver Dollar Cafe (Silver Dollar), a Charleston bar, under South Carolina's Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act (UCATA) after Progressive settled a tort action involving a Silver Dollar patron. The circuit court found the contribution claim was not preserved and granted summary judgment to the Silver Dollar. After review, the Supreme Court concluded the UCATA provisions governing the right of contribution precluded Progressive's contribution action and that Progressive did not establish that it was entitled to reformation. Consequently, the Court found no error in the circuit court's grant of summary judgment to the Silver Dollar. View "Progressive Max Insurance v. Floating Caps" on Justia Law