John Wendell Todd, Respondent v. South Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, Southern Farm Bureau Casualty…

Summary

The court affirmed most of the trial court's rulings, holding that the complaint adequately pleaded intentional infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy, and bad-faith termination when construed liberally and tested only on its allegations. It also upheld allegations of mental-anguish and punitive damages associated with intentional interference with contractual relations, and found no abuse of discretion in denying requests for greater specificity. The court reversed as to the civil-conspiracy claim because the complaint sought recovery for the same acts and damages already alleged in the other causes of action, and it rejected Equifax's Fifth Amendment objection to production of corporate records.