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Owners Ins. Co. v. Warren Mech. LLC

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
Jul 19, 2019
No. 18-2093 (4th Cir. Jul. 19, 2019)

Opinion

No. 18-2093 No. 18-2094

07-19-2019

OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. WARREN MECHANICAL LLC, d/b/a Warren Mechanical, Defendant - Appellant. OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. WARREN MECHANICAL LLC, d/b/a Warren Mechanical, Defendant - Appellee.

Kelsey J. Brudvig, Peter H. Dworjanyn, COLLINS & LACY, PC, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Morgan S. Templeton, Stephanie G. Brown, WALL TEMPLETON & HALDRUP, P.A., Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.


UNPUBLISHED

Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Charleston. David C. Norton, District Judge. (2:16-cv-00669-DCN) Before WILKINSON, HARRIS, and QUATTLEBAUM, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Kelsey J. Brudvig, Peter H. Dworjanyn, COLLINS & LACY, PC, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Morgan S. Templeton, Stephanie G. Brown, WALL TEMPLETON & HALDRUP, P.A., Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:

Owners Insurance Company filed a declaratory judgment action seeking an order that an insurance policy issued to Warren Mechanical LLC was void ab initio. The district court dismissed the action without prejudice, noting that the same issue was before the state worker's compensation commission. The court thereafter granted Warren Mechanical's motion for recovery of costs but denied Warren Mechanical's motion for attorney's fees. Warren appeals the denial of its motion for attorney's fees. Owners Insurance filed a cross-appeal, challenging the district court's dismissal of the declaratory judgment action and the award of costs. We have reviewed the record on appeal and find no abuse of discretion and no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Owners Ins. Co. v. Warren Mech. LLC, No. 2:16-cv-00669-DCN (D.S.C. Jan. 11, 2018 & Aug. 16, 2018). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED


Summaries of

Owners Ins. Co. v. Warren Mech. LLC

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
Jul 19, 2019
No. 18-2093 (4th Cir. Jul. 19, 2019)
Case details for

Owners Ins. Co. v. Warren Mech. LLC

Case Details

Full title:OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. WARREN MECHANICAL LLC…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Jul 19, 2019

Citations

No. 18-2093 (4th Cir. Jul. 19, 2019)