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Allen v. Greenville Hotel Partners, Inc., 405 F. Supp. 2d 653; 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 38307 (denying summary judgment to franchisee, in RG's failure to secure rear door to hotel leading to entry of arsonist who started a fire causing 6 deaths and 12 injuries)

Allen v. Choice Hotels International , 276 Fe. Appx. 339; 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 9461 Elsie Marie Allen, As Personal Representative of the Estate of Donna L. Swaim, et. al, vs. Choice Hotels International, Inc., 4 ^th Cir., Op.#07-1409, Decided May 1, 2008 (unpublished)(summary judgment affirmed for franchisor despite exercising strict and detailed control over franchisee in fire safety and related matters, and despite not requiring franchisee to install sprinklers in hotel as condition of operation)

Wistafke v. La-Z-Boy, Inc. , CV-02-H-1729-NE (Three children died, mother of children injured seriously, in fire accelerated by mattress and upholstered sleeper sofa group made of highly flammable polyurethane foam)

American Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Charleston v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Company , 303 S.C. 301; 400 S.E.2d 147; 1991 S.C. LEXIS 16 (Auto servicing exclusion of liability policy held invalid as against statute defining permissive users covered by insurer)

Collins Music Company, Inc. v. William Bryant Lord, 289 S.C. 458; 346 S.E.2d 724; 1986 S.C. LEXIS 412 (Evidence to correct deficiency in service affidavit of Complaint allowed, in action to quash an order to appear for supplemental proceedings)

Cousar v. New London Engineering Company, Inc., 306 S.C. 37; 410 S.E.2d 243; 1991 S.C. LEXIS 213 (Product liability claim against bag flattening machine maker which severely injured employee when the rollers pulled both arms, and pulled plaintiff up to his neck cutting off oxygen. Right of action by maker against component part maker for contribution did not accrue until machine maker paid or settled the claim. Motion to add third party denied)

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Dorothy C. Gunning , 340 S.C. 526; 532 S.E.2d 16; 2000 S.C. App. LEXIS 82 (Insured could not stack UIM from vehicles not involved in the accident, so no recovery, despite argument that rules of stacking did not apply to first "back home" vehicle, since there was nothing to stack onto)

Hicks v. Piedmont Cold Storage, Inc. , 324 S.C. 628; 479 S.E.2d 831; 1996 S.C. App. LEXIS 173 (Employee who died when car fell off tines of company forklift, while repairing plant managers car at manager's request off company time, but at plant with company tools, held compensable under workers' compensation laws)

Hicks v. Piedmont Cold Storage, Inc., 335 S.C. 46; 515 S.E.2d 532; 1999 S.C. LEXIS 72 (The Supreme Court reversed, holding the corporation received no benefit from the activity. The Chief Justice dissented, stating the company benefited indirectly because the manager would have more time to spend on plant business if the car was fixed on Saturday.)

American Security Insurance Company v. Archie 0. Howard , 315 S.C. 47; 431 S.E.2d 604; 1993 S.C. App. LEXIS 90 (Lack of meaningful offer of UIM coverage; coverage rolled on and stacked for each vehicle with UIM coverage, but in amounts limited to the limits of owned vehicle involved in accident)