From the South Carolina Appellate Blog:

Friday, February 23, 2007
South Carolina Court of Appeals holds that attorney owes a duty to third parties to distribute settlement proceeds
In Moore v. Weinberg, after the settlement of litigation and receipt of proceeds, attorney distributed all the money and in the process overlooked an Assignment, which he drafted, of a portion of the proceeds to Wheeler. Wheeler sued the attorney for negligence. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the attorney and the Court of appeals reversed. According to the panel, the attorney drafted the Assignment and did not dispute that he had notice of it. The Rules of Professional Conduct and law from other jurisdictions established that the attorney owed a duty to Moore to disburse the funds. we conclude Weinberg owed Moore a duty to disburse the assigned funds to Moore.