Insurance & Torts

The Torts and Insurance Committee is anticipating and planning for the continued challenge of representing corporations, insurance companies, and their insureds into the twenty-first century. The committee has three specific goals it intends to pursue and accomplish within the year 2000 and beyond.

First, the committee intends to enhance the membership of the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association (SCDTAA) regarding the areas of tort and insurance practice. The Committee will continue to monitor and apprise its members of procedural and substantive changes in case law and legislation effecting the handling of the defense of corporations, insurance companies, and their insureds. Finally, the committee will encourage the ongoing dialog between defense attorneys and claims representatives to provide efficient, but zealous representation of insureds. The committee hopes to accomplish these goals through the members' participation in writing articles and contributing to The Defense Line, as well as preparing and conducting breakout sessions at the yearly meetings to discuss substantive and procedural issues and topics effecting the areas of practice, including torts and insurance law. Also, it is the goal of the committee to, in the long range future, coordinate and conduct continuing legal education (CLE) sessions and programs regarding the areas of tort and insurance practice to benefit the members of SCDTAA.