BROWN v. COASTAL STATES LIFE INS. CO.

19989

264 S.C. 190 (1975)

213 S.E.2d 726

Nina BROWN et al., Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. COASTAL STATES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and the South Atlantic Life Insurance Company, Defendants, of which Coastal States Life Insurance Company is the Appellant. Nina BROWN and Donald Padgett, a minor under the age of fourteen years, by his guardian ad litem, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. COASTAL STATES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and the South Atlantic Life Insurance Company, Defendants, of which Coastal States Life Insurance Company is the Appellant. Nina BROWN and Mae Leta Collins, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. COASTAL STATES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and the South Atlantic Life Insurance Company, Defendants, of which Coastal States Life Insurance Company is the Appellant. Nina BROWN and Elaine Brown, a minor under the age of fourteen years, by her guardian at litem, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. COASTAL STATES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and the South Atlantic Life Insurance Company, Defendants, of which Coastal States Life Insurance Company is the Appellant. Nina BROWN et al., Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. COASTAL STATES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and the South Atlantic Life Insurance Company, Defendants, of which Coastal States Life Insurance Company is the Appellant. Nina BROWN et al., Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. COASTAL STATES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and the South Atlantic Life Insurance Company, Defendants, of which Coastal States Life Insurance Company is the Appellant. (Six cases).

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

April 8, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. McKay, Sherrill, Walker, Townsend & Wilkins, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Robert A. Bullock, Esq., of Columbia, for Respondent.


April 8, 1975.

LITTLEJOHN, Justice:

The plaintiffs-respondents initiated these six actions alleging "conspiracy to defraud" and "fraudulent breach or fraudulent lapse of insurance policy or policies" on the part of the defendants, Coastal States Life Insurance Company and the South Atlantic Life Insurance Company. In each case the plaintiffs are seeking $15,000.00 actual and punitive damages.

The lower court struck from the Answers of Coastal allegations...

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