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WILLIAMSON v. U.S. FIRE INS. CO.

No. 24031.

442 S.E.2d 587 (1994)

Larry WILLIAMSON and Carolinas Association of General Contractors Self-Insurance Fund and Stanly Lines Construction, Respondents, v. UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided March 21, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank S. Potts of Lide, Montgomery & Potts, P.C., Columbia, for appellant.

Leigh J. Leventis, Columbia, for respondents.

TOAL, Justice:

This is an appeal in a declaratory judgment action which was brought to construe the provisions of an automobile insurance policy. At issue is whether an employer's underinsurance carrier may offset workers' compensation benefits received by an employee. The trial judge held that a policy clause providing for an offset for workers' compensation benefits was void as against public policy. We REVERSE.

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