Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance v. Joseph Simpson

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: December 6, 2016
• Docket: 16-1360
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-1360

ALLSTATE FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

JOSEPH SIMPSON; AMANDA SIMPSON,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Anderson. Henry M. Herlong, Jr., Senior District Judge. (8:15-cv-01908-HMH)

Submitted: October 25, 2016 Decided: December 6, 2016

Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, and WYNN and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Helen F. Hiser, MCANGUS GOUDELOCK & COURIE, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina; Geoffrey W. Gibbons, MCANGUS GOUDELOCK & COURIE, Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellant. Eugene C. Covington, Jr., EUGENE C. COVINGTON, JR., P.A., Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:

Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance Company appeals the

district court’s order granting Joseph and Amanda Simpson’s

motion for attorney’s fees. We have reviewed the record and

find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the

reasons stated by the district court. Allstate Fire & Cas. Ins.

Co. v. Simpson, No. 8:15-cv-01908-HMH (D.S.C. Mar. 7, 2016); see

Hegler v. Gulf Ins. Co., 243 S.E.2d 443 (S.C. 1978). 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