United States Fourth Circuit

A general contractor's claim for the cost of repair to the substrate and framing of a house damaged by a subcontractor's improper installation of a stucco exterior is precluded by a faulty workmanship exclusion under South Carolina law, and no coverage will be found.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/28/2001
• Decided 05/16/2002
• Published 05/16/2002

Judges

• Before WILKINS and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Richard Robert Gleissner, Finkel & Atlman, L.L.C., Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellants.  John Robert Murphy, Murphy & Grantland, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Anthony W. Livoti, Murphy & Grantland, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.