Where (1) plaintiff suffered damages of $800,000 as the result of an accident caused by a lumber truck; (2) the lumber truck’s insurer was insolvent; (3) plaintiff recovered $376,622 from others involved in the accident; (4) the South Carolina Property ...

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AutoWhere a sheriff’s department officer investigated what appeared to be a drive-by shooting after the fact, he did not witness the accident as required by S.C. Code Ann. § 38-77-170. We answer, “No” to the federal district court’s certified question: ...

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Even though plaintiff Vang never turned in a driver’s license to the Department of Motor Vehicles or obtained other auto insurance, since plaintiff Thao signed an endorsement excluding Vang from his policy, the policy did not provide coverage when Vang ...

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Holding: The vehicle involved in the underlying accident was titled in the name of the defendant-father’s emancipated son and was not – as stated in the father’s insurance policy – garaged at the father’s home. Consequently, the father had no ...

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Jordan v. Doe (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-086-17, 7 pp.) (James Lockemy, C.J.) Appealed from Richland County Circuit Court (W. Jeffrey Young, J.) S.C. App. Holding: S.C. Code Ann. § 38-77-170(3) only requires that a party injured by an unidentified driver ...

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Trustgard Insurance Co. v. Brown (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-211-17, 10 pp.) (J. Michelle Childs, J.) 3:17-cv-00807; D.S.C. Holding: Defendant Collins was injured in an accident involving a truck towing a trailer. Although neither defendant Brown nor his covered vehicle was ...

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Cothran v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-079-17, 10 pp.) (Paula Thomas, J.) Appealed from Spartanburg County Circuit Court (L. Casey Manning, J.) S.C. App. Holding: Despite language in S.C. Code Ann. § 38-77-144 appearing to ...

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Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Co. v. Cade (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-116-17, 8 pp.) (David Norton, J.) 2:16-cv-03611; D.S.C. Holding: Since there is no statutory requirement in South Carolina for liability coverage of an insured’s use of a non-owned vehicle, and ...

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Urena v. Nationwide Insurance Co. of America (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-072-17, 29 pp.) (David Norton, J.) 2:13-cv-03544; D.S.C. Holding: After an underlying trial finding defendant’s insured, Gregory Bryant, liable for $1.1 million in damages for an auto accident that injured ...

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Travelers Home & Marine Insurance Co. v. Grainger (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-038-17, 5 pp.) (Richard Mark Gergel, J.) 4:15-cv-03260 D.S.C. Holding: Although South Carolina’s appellate courts have not directly addressed the issue of whether two motorcycles colliding with a truck ...

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