EDGE v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO.

No. 26078.

366 S.C. 511 (2005)

623 S.E.2d 387

Patricia L. EDGE, Miles Green, and all others similarly situated, Appellants/Respondents, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY and all others similarly situated, and South Carolina Reinsurance Facility, Defendants, of whom South Carolina Reinsurance Facility is the, Respondent, and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company is the, Respondent/Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided December 5, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Camden Lewis and Peter D. Protopapas, both of Lewis, Babcock & Hawkins, L.L.P., of Columbia; Michael G. Sullivan, of Michael G. Sullivan, P.C., of Columbia; and Richard A. Harpootlian, of Richard A. Harpootlian, P.A., Columbia, for Appellants/Respondents.

Thomas C. Salane, of Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, P.A., of Columbia, for Respondent South Carolina Reinsurance Facility.

James C. Gray, Jr., B. Rush Smith, III, C. Mitchell Brown, and William C. Wood, Jr., all of Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, of Columbia, for Respondent/Appellant State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company.


Justice WALLER:

This is an appeal from the dismissal of several causes of action against Respondent/Appellant State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm) and all causes of action against Respondent South Carolina Reinsurance Facility (the Facility). State Farm has cross-appealed the partial denial of its motion to dismiss. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

FACTS

In 1996, State Farm insured the plaintiffs, Patricia Edge and Miles...

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