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RUPPE v. AUTO-OWNERS INS. CO.

No. 24761.

329 S.C. 402 (1998)

496 S.E.2d 631

Wayne M. and Betty W. RUPPE, Individually, and Wayne Ruppe as Personal Representative of the Estate of Sonja K. Ruppe, Petitioners/Respondents, v. AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent/Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided February 9, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Merritt, Jr., William K. Witherspoon and Deborah R.J. Shupe, Columbia, for Petitioners/Respondents.

Reginald L. Foster, Spartanburg, for Respondent/Petitioner.

MOORE, Justice:

We granted a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' decision holding stacking of liability coverage cannot be validly prohibited by contract where the owner's vehicles are insured under a single policy.1 We reverse.

FACTS

Sonja Ruppe was killed when her car was struck head on by a car owned and driven by Linda Bagwell. The Bagwells insured two cars under a single policy with respondent/petitioner...

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