SMITH v. NATIONWIDE MUT. INS. CO.

No. 8315SC1102.

321 S.E.2d 498 (1984)

Rose Marie Ledford SMITH, Rita Carden and Frances W. Ledford v. NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY and South Carolina Insurance Company.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 6, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Coleman, Bernholz, Dickerson, Bernholz, Gledhill & Hargrave by Douglas Hargrave, Hillsborough, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Moore, Ragsdale, Liggett, Ray & Foley by Peter M. Foley and Kurt E. Lindquist, II, Raleigh, for Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., defendant-appellant.

Holt, Spencer, Longest & Wall by James C. Spencer, Jr., Burlington, for South Carolina Ins. Co., defendant-appellee.


EAGLES, Judge.

The main issue presented on appeal is whether, notwithstanding the language of G.S. 20-310(g), Nationwide must comply with the mandate of G.S. 20-310(f) when it declines to renew an automobile liability insurance policy for nonpayment of premium after mailing to its insured a "Premium Notice" and an "Expiration Notice." The plaintiffs contend that on 5 July 1979 the insurance policy issued by Nationwide was still in full force and effect as a matter...

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