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APPEAL, CLOSED
V.
Defendant
ACE American Insurance Company represented by Jeffrey C Kull
Murphy and Grantland
PO Box 6648
Columbia, SC 29260
803-782-4100
Email: jkull@murphygrantland.com
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
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jrmurphy@murphygrantland.com
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Counter Claimant
ACE American Insurance Company represented by Jeffrey C Kull
(See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
V.
Counter Defendant
Stanley McWhite represented by Stephen J Wukela
(See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
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five business days prior to the date set for jury selection. Signed by Judge R
Bryan Harwell on 06/05/07. (sste, ) (Entered: 06/05/2007)
06/08/2007 6 AMENDED DOCUMENT by ACE American Insurance Company. Amendment
to 3 Local Rule 26.01 Answers to Interrogatories. (Murphy, John) (Entered:
06/08/2007)
06/08/2007 7 NOTICE and Acknowledgment of receipt of Notice of Removal by Clerk of
Court for Florence County. (Attachments: # 1)(Murphy, John) (Entered:
06/08/2007)
06/19/2007 8 Plaintiff's Local Rule 26.01 Answers to Interrogatories by Stanley McWhite.
(Wukela, Stephen) (Entered: 06/19/2007)
06/27/2007 10 Rule 26(f) Report by Stanley McWhite, ACE American Insurance Company.
(Murphy, John) (Entered: 06/27/2007)
07/02/2007 11 CONSENT AMENDED CONFERENCE AND SCHEDULING ORDER: 26(a)
Initial Disclosures due by 7/9/2007, Rule 26 Report due by 7/9/2007, Amended
Pleadings due by 9/4/2007, Plaintiffs ID of Expert Witness due by 10/2/2007,
Defendants ID of Expert Witnesses Due by 11/1/2007, Records Custodian
Affidavit due by 11/1/2007, Discovery due by 1/31/2008, Motions due by
2/15/2008, Rule 26(a)(3) Disclosures due by 4/30/2008, Jury Selection Deadline
5/5/2008, ADR Statement due by 3/14/2008, Mediation Due by
4/15/2008.Motions in limine must be filed at least three weeks prior to jury
selection date. Parties shall furnish the Court pretrial briefs five business days
prior to the date set for jury selection. Signed by Judge R Bryan Harwell on
07/02/07. (sste, ) (Entered: 07/02/2007)
10/02/2007 14 PLAINTIFF'S ID OF EXPERT WITNESSES by Stanley McWhite.
(Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Expert Report# 2 Exhibit ExpertStewartCV# 3
Exhibit ExpertWoodCV)(Wukela, Stephen) (Entered: 10/02/2007)
10/11/2007 15 Joint MOTION to Bifurcate Discovery and Trial of Coverage Claims from Bad
Faith Claims by Stanley McWhite, ACE American Insurance
Company.Response to Motion due by 10/29/2007 No proposed order(Murphy,
John) (Entered: 10/11/2007)
11/29/2007 20 MOTION to Amend/Correct 11 Scheduling Order by Stanley McWhite, ACE
American Insurance Company. Response to Motion due by 12/17/2007 No
proposed order(Murphy, John) Modified on 11/30/2007 to reflect original file
and response due dates; to link to scheduling order (sste, ). (Entered:
11/30/2007)
11/30/2007 19 Deficiency Memo Doc. #18, Consent Motion to Bifurcate. See attached
Deficiency Memo. Any response due is based on the filing date of the original
document. Docket Correction due 12/3/2007. (sste, ) (Entered: 11/30/2007)
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that of original filing: 02/15/08 Response due date modified to that of original
filing: 03/04/08 (sste, ) (Entered: 02/20/2008)
03/04/2008 31 RESPONSE in Opposition re 29 MOTION for Partial Summary Judgment
Response filed by ACE American Insurance Company.Reply to Response to
Motion due by 3/14/2008 (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Ex. A - SC Underinsured
Motorists Coverage Form, # 2 Exhibit Ex. B - Auto Medical Payments
Coverage Form, # 3 Exhibit Ex. C - Common Policy Conditions, # 4 Exhibit Ex.
D - Hamer Deposition, # 5 Exhibit Ex. E - Defendant's Memorandum, # 6
Exhibit Ex. F - Transcript of Hearing)(Murphy, John) (Entered: 03/04/2008)
03/13/2008 32 CONSENT ORDER TO TRIFURCATE: It is ordered that discovery relative to
the first issue, (i.e. the question of whether the Plaintiff is an insured), shall be
concluded in accordance with the deadline of January 31, 2008, established by
the Consent Amended Conference and Scheduling Order dated July 2, 2007.
The parties will then brief and file cross motions for summary judgment on that
issue alone. After the ruling, the parties will then request ninety (90) additional
days, if necessary, to complete discovery on the second ( meaningful offer)
issue. The parties may then file cross motions for summary judgment or hold a
bench trial on that issue while the breach of contract and bad faithclaims are
held in abeyance. The parties would then submit a final amended Scheduling
Order, if needed, should the case proceed to jury trial on the causes of action for
breach of contract and bad faith. Signed by Honorable R Bryan Harwell on
03/13/08. (sste, ) (Entered: 03/13/2008)
03/14/2008 34 REPLY to Response to Motion re 29 MOTION for Partial Summary Judgment,
filed by Stanley McWhite. (Wukela, Stephen) Modified on 3/17/2008 to remove
incorrect link to document (sste, ). (Entered: 03/14/2008)
03/20/2008 36 Consent MOTION for Leave to File Surreply to Plaintiff's Reply [Document No.
34] by ACE American Insurance Company. Response to Motion due by
4/7/2008 No proposed order(Murphy, John) (Entered: 03/20/2008)
03/28/2008 37 ORDER granting 36 Motion for Leave to File; IT IS ORDERED that Defendant
ACE American is granted leave to file a Surreply of no more than fifteen (15)
pages to Plaintiffs Reply [Document No. 34] by no later than March 28, 2008.
Signed by Honorable R Bryan Harwell on 03/28/08.(sste, ) (Entered:
03/28/2008)
03/28/2008 38 SUR REPLY to REPLY to Response to Motion re 29 MOTION for Partial
Summary Judgment Response filed by ACE American Insurance Company.
(Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - Policy, # 2 Exhibit B - Hearing Transcript, # 3
Exhibit C - Endorsement)(Murphy, John) Modified on 3/31/2008 to correct
spelling or grammar (sste, ). (Entered: 03/28/2008)
10/01/2008 41 ORDER denying 26 Motion for Summary Judgment and denying 29 Motion for
Partial Summary Judgment. Signed by Honorable R Bryan Harwell on
10/1/2008.(mwel, ) (Entered: 10/01/2008)
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03/27/2009)
04/17/2009 71 Second MOTION for Summary Judgment of Plaintiff by Stanley McWhite.
Response to Motion due by 5/5/2009; No proposed order (Wukela, Stephen)
(Additional attachment(s) added on 4/21/2009: # 1 06/20/05 Letter from S.
Wukela re: Accident Insurance, # 2 11/05/05 Letter from S. Wukela re:
Provisions of UIM Policy, # 3 ACE American Ins Policy - Part 1, # 4 ACE
American Insurance Policy - Part II, # 5 07/31/07 Depo of S McWhite, # 6
11/08/07 Depo of S McWhite, # 7 01/16/08 Depo of NA Tart, # 8 01/16/08
Depo of JH Covington, # 9 02/08/08 Depo of W Hamer Jr, # 10 02/08/0/ Depo
of KL Brown, # 11 03/19/09 Depo of N Parillo, # 12 01/16/09 Depo of T
Dingrando, # 13 01/16/09 Depo of C Carpenter, # 14 02/13/09 Depo of DJ
Conboy, # 15 Exhibit A to Doc. #31 Commerical Auto Policy Endorsement, #
16 SCDI Form #2006 Offer of Optional Coverage) (sste, ). Modified on
4/21/2009 to replace with corrected document provided by filing user (sste ).
(Entered: 04/17/2009)
04/17/2009 72 Second MOTION for Summary Judgment by ACE American Insurance
Company. Response to Motion due by 5/5/2009 (Attachments: # 1 Memo in
Support, # 2 Exhibit A - Parillo Deposition, # 3 Exhibit B - Dingrando
Deposition, # 4 Exhibit C - Conboy Deposition, # 5 Exhibit D - Amanda
Bennett Affidavit, # 6 Exhibit E - 2003 Policy, # 7 Exhibit F - 2004 Policy, # 8
Exhibit G - UIM Offer Form, # 9 Exhibit H - SCDOI Form 2006, # 10 Exhibit I
- Carpenter Deposition, # 11 Exhibit J - Virginia Boyles Affidavit, # 12 Exhibit
K - Lessia Lynch Affidavit, # 13 Exhibit L - McWhite Deposition, # 14 Exhibit
M - Insurance Company of North American v. Arnold)No proposed
order(Murphy, John) Modified on 4/20/2009 to correct spelling (sste ). Modified
on 4/22/2009; See Doc. # 76 for additional attachments (sste ). (Entered:
04/17/2009)
04/20/2009 74 First MOTION for Leave to File Excess Pages by Stanley McWhite. Response
to Motion due by 5/8/2009 No proposed order(Wukela, Stephen) (Entered:
04/20/2009)
04/20/2009 75 ORDER granting 74 Motion for Leave to File Excess Pages. Signed by
Honorable R Bryan Harwell on 04/20/09.(sste ) (Entered: 04/20/2009)
04/21/2009 76 Additional Attachments to Main Document 72 Second MOTION for Summary
Judgment. (Murphy, John) (Entered: 04/21/2009)
05/05/2009 78 Consent MOTION for Leave to File Excess Pages by ACE American Insurance
Company. Response to Motion due by 5/26/2009 No proposed order(Murphy,
John) (Entered: 05/05/2009)
05/05/2009 79 RESPONSE in Opposition re 71 Second MOTION for Summary Judgment of
Plaintiff Response filed by ACE American Insurance Company.Reply to
Response to Motion due by 5/15/2009 (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - Carpenter
Deposition, # 2 Exhibit B - Parillo Deposition, # 3 Exhibit C - Bennett Affidavit,
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ECF to be the certified list in lieu of the record and/or the certified copy of the
docket entries. (hcic) (Entered: 04/01/2010)
04/05/2010 ASSEMBLED INITIAL ELECTRONIC RECORD TRANSMITTED TO
FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS re 93 Notice of Appeal, Electronic
record successfully transmitted. (hcic) (Entered: 04/05/2010)
02/25/2011 96 USCA UNPUBLISHED OPINION for 93 Notice of Appeal, filed by Stanley
McWhite. (hcic) (Entered: 02/25/2011)
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