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DUNAWAY v. UNITED INS. CO. OF AMERICA

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239 S.C. 407 (1962)

123 S.E.2d 353

Wallace DUNAWAY, Appellant, v. UNITED INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

January 2, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Johnson & Smith, of Spartanburg, for Appellant.

Rufus M. Ward, Esq., of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

January 2, 1962.

OXNER, Justice.

In this action, which under plaintiff's election must be considered as one to recover actual and punitive damages for fraudulent breach of an insurance contract, it is alleged that after refusing to pay a valid claim of $215.00 for sick and hospital benefits due and owing under plaintiff's policy, the agents of the Insurance Company fraudulently induced him to surrender said policy...

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