Moore v. Weinberg

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• recognizing a duty under the facts of the case that arose \from an attorney's role as an escrow agent and is independent of an attorney's status as a lawyer and distinct from duties that arise out of the attorney/client relationship\
• finding conflicting testimony regarding the ownership of an interest in the proceeds from litigation created a genuine issue of material fact as to the conversion claim
• explaining a conversion claim requires the defendant “assum[ed] and exercise[d] . . . the right of ownership over goods or personal chattels belonging to another to the exclusion of the owner’s rights.”
• “Money may be the subject of conversion when it is capable of being identified and there may be conversion of determinate sums even though the specific coins and bills are not identified.” (citation omitted)
• \Conversion is defined as the unauthorized assumption and exercise of the right of ownership over goods or personal chattels belonging to another to the exclusion of the owner's rights.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Bank of New York v. Sumter County
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2010-03-29· cited 24×
• Semler v. Hellerstein
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2016-10-06· cited 8×
• Gordon v. Busbee
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2012-01-04· cited 7×
• Mason v. Mason
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2015-03-04· cited 4×
• Semler v. Hellerstein
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2016-08-25
• Masters v. KOL, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2020-07-01
• Sanders v. Savannah Highway Automotive
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2020-10-07
• Andrew Pampu v. Erin Wingo
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2025-06-11
• Town of Sullivan's Island v. Nathan Bluestein
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2026-02-25

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Madison Ex Rel. Bryant v. Babcock Center
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2006-11-20· cited 112×
• SSI Medical Services, Inc. v. Cox
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1990-06-29· cited 99×
• Koester v. Carolina Rental Center, Inc.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1994-04-18· cited 75×
• Moore v. Weinberg
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2007-02-20· cited 41×