HUTCHINSON v. LIBERTY LIFE INS. CO.

No. 27264.

404 S.C. 20 (2013)

743 S.E.2d 827

Shannon HUTCHINSON, Personal Representative of the Estate of Stephen F. Ney, a/k/a Steve K. Ney, Petitioner, v. LIBERTY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided June 12, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth C. Anthony, Jr. , of The Anthony Law Firm, PA, of Spartanburg, for Petitioner.

Kevin Kendrick Bell and Rebecca Ann Roser , both of Robinson McFadden & Moore, PC, of Columbia, for Respondent.


Justice PLEICONES.

Petitioner is the beneficiary of a mortgage life insurance policy. She brought this suit against respondent, the insurer, after it denied her benefits under an exclusion for injury resulting from the insured's being "under the influence of any narcotic." It is undisputed that petitioner's decedent was under the influence of methamphetamine at the time of his accidental death. The circuit court granted petitioner...

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