U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2020

Scottsdale Insurance Company v. Christie Acosta

Scottsdale Insurance Company v. Christie Acosta
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Decided February 5, 2020

Scottsdale Insurance Company v. Christie Acosta

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 18-1808

SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. CHRISTIE MICHELLE ACOSTA, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Michael Jason Dunn, Defendant - Appellant, and GS THADIUS LLC, d/b/a The Bar; NEM INC., d/b/a Sandy Monkey; WILLIAM J. MUSE; SHARON CUMBIE, Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Florence.

A. Marvin Quattlebaum, Jr., District Judge. (4:18-cv-00099-MGL)

Submitted: January 23, 2020 Decided: February 5, 2020

Before KEENAN and DIAZ, Circuit Judges, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

William S. Duncan, LAW OFFICE OF WILLIAM STUART DUNCAN, PA, Georgetown, South Carolina, for Appellant. Robert M. Kennedy, Jr., PHELPS DUNBAR, LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: The estate of Michael J. Dunn appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment to Scottsdale Insurance Company on its complaint seeking a declatory judgment that it had no duty to defend an action against its insured based on assault and battery exclusions to the policies’ liquor liability coverage. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court.

Scottsdale Ins. Co. v. Acosta, No. 4:18-cv-00099-MGL (D.S.C. July 2, 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

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