Insurance Defense
Mingledorff Law Group, LLC represents insurers, self-insured entities, and policyholders in defending against claims, leveraging our deep understanding of insurance statutes, regulations and common law principles. Our approach emphasizes efficient resolution, whether through settlement, mediation, or trial.
- Automobile and Trucking Liability: Defending against personal injury, property damage, and wrongful death claims arising from motor vehicle accidents, including commercial trucking disputes.
- Premises Liability: Handling slip-and-fall, negligent security, and property maintenance claims for retailers, property owners, and hospitality businesses.
- Products Liability: Representing manufacturers, distributors, and retailers in defective product cases, including design, manufacturing, and warning defects under strict liability theories.
- Workers’ Compensation Defense: Representing employers and carriers in claims before the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission, including appeals and subrogation.
- Construction Defect and Liability: Defending contractors, architects, and developers in disputes over faulty workmanship, delays, or injuries on job sites.
- Bad Faith Insurance Claims: Litigating allegations of unfair claims handling, denial of coverage, or breach of good faith duties under South Carolina law.
- Coverage Analysis and Disputes: Providing declaratory judgments on policy interpretations, exclusions, and duties to defend/indemnify in first-party and third-party claims.
- General Liability Defense: Addressing a broad range of tort claims, including assault, battery, false imprisonment, and defamation.
- Subrogation and Recovery: Pursuing recovery actions on behalf of insurers for reimbursed losses, including property damage and personal injury subrogation.
- Municipal and Governmental Liability: Defending cities, counties, and public entities against claims under the South Carolina Tort Claims Act.
- Cyber Liability and Data Breach: Representing insurers in claims involving data privacy breaches, ransomware, and compliance with South Carolina’s data protection laws.
- Appellate Practice in Insurance Matters: Managing appeals in state and federal courts, including briefs and oral arguments on insurance-related decisions.