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TROTTER v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY

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297 S.C. 465 (1988)

377 S.E.2d 343

Curtis R. TROTTER, Respondent v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY and D. Kim Ledford, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided August 8, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William O. Sweeney, III, and Monteith P. Todd, both of Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, Columbia, for appellants.

Greg W. Anderson, of Anderson, Anderson & Anderson, Edgefield, and John C. Bell, Jr., of Bell & Bell, of Augusta, Ga., and Thomas H. Pope, of Newberry, for respondent.

Amici Curiae:

Kathryn Williams, of Greenville, amicus curiae for South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association.

D. Reece Williams and J. Kershaw Spong, Columbia, amicus curiae, for Independent Ins. Agents of South Carolina, Inc.

Kay G. Crowe, Columbia, amicus curiae, for South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Ass'n.

Heard Dec. 15, 1987.

Decided Aug. 8, 1988.

BELL, Judge:

Curtis R. Trotter brought this action against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company and its agent, D. Kim Ledford, alleging: (1) that they negligently failed to advise him of an exclusion in his motor vehicle insurance policy, (2) that they breached their insurance contract with him, (3) that State Farm negligently failed to settle a lawsuit within the policy limits, (4) that State Farm...

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