STATE EX REL. HUNT v. N. C. REINSURANCE FAC.

No. 5.

275 S.E.2d 399 (1981)

STATE of North Carolina, ex rel., His Excellency, James B. HUNT, Jr., Governor of the State of North Carolina, et al. v. NORTH CAROLINA REINSURANCE FACILITY et al.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 4, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen. Isham B. Hudson, Jr., and Hunter, Wharton & Howell by V. Lane Wharton, Jr., Raleigh, for plaintiffs.

Allen, Steed & Allen, P. A., by Arch T. Allen, III, and Charles D. Case, Raleigh, for Hartford Acc. and Indem. Co., Hartford Cas. Ins. Co., New York Underwriters Ins. Co. and Twin City Fire Ins. Co.

Bailey, Dixon, Wooten, McDonald & Fountain by J. Ruffin Bailey and Gary Parsons, Raleigh, for American Auto. Ins. Co., American Ins. Co., Associated Indem. Corp., Fireman's Fund Ins. Co., and National Surety Corp.

Broughton, Wilkins & Crampton by J. Melville Broughton, Jr., and Charles P. Wilkins, Raleigh, for Nationwide Mut. Fire Ins. Co., Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., and N. C. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co.

Johnson, Patterson, Dilthey & Clay by Grady S. Patterson, Jr., and D. James Jones, Jr., Raleigh, for American Fire and Cas. Co., Ohio Cas. Co., Utica Mut. Ins. Co., Virginia Mut. Ins. Co., Carolina Cas. Ins. Co., West American Ins. Co., and American Indem. Co.

Jordan Law Offices by John R. Jordan, Jr., and Robert R. Price, Raleigh, for American Manufacturers Mut. Ins. Co., American Motorists Ins. Co., American Protection Ins., Federal Kemper Ins. Co., Kemper Sec. Ins. Co., and Lumbermens Mut. Cas. Co.

Manning, Fulton & Skinner by Howard E. Manning and John B. McMillan, Raleigh, for Allstate Indem. Co., Allstate Ins. Co., Northbrook Fire and Cas. Co., State Farm Fire and Cas. Co., and State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan by Henry A. Mitchell, Jr., and R. Marks Arnold, Raleigh for Aetna Cas. and Sur. Co., Automobile Ins. Co. of Hartford, Bankers Standard Ins. Co., The Connecticut Indem. Co., Horace Mann Ins. Co., Insurance Company of North America, INA Reinsurance Co., INA Underwriters Ins. Co., Indemnity Ins. Co. of North America, Pacific Employers Ins. Co., Security Ins. Co. of Hartford, Standard Fire Ins. Co. and Teachers Ins. Co.

Young, Moore, Henderson & Alvis by Charles H. Young, Jr., Raleigh, for North Carolina Reinsurance Facility, North Carolina Rate Bureau, Allianz Ins. Co., and all other answering defendant insurance companies.


CARLTON, Justice.

We are once again presented with a serious conflict between the insurance industry and the North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance concerning the interpretation of certain insurance laws. In this action, the Commissioner is joined by the Governor and the Attorney General as plaintiffs. In light of our recent extensive treatment of this area, we find it unnecessary to present a historical background of North Carolina's insurance laws except as stated...

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