GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INS. CO. v. POOLE

Opinion No. 27821.

424 S.C. 1 (2018)

817 S.E.2d 283

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. Jack A. POOLE, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jennifer Knight Poole, Defendant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed July 5, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.R. Murphy and Wesley B. Sawyer , both of Murphy & Grantland, P.A., of Columbia, for Plaintiff.

Angela Christy Tyner and Ronald A. Maxwell, Sr. , both of Maxwell Law Firm, P.C., of Aiken, for Defendant.

Bert Glenn Utsey, III , of Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth & Detrick, P.A., Samuel R. Clawson, Jr. , and Christy Fargnoli, both of Clawson Fargnoli, L.L.C., of Charleston; and Frank L. Eppes , of Eppes & Plumblee, P.A., of Greenville; and Kathleen Chewning Barnes , of Barnes Law Firm, L.L.C., of Hampton, all for Amicus Curiae, South Carolina Association for Justice.

Carmelo Barnes Sammataro , of Turner Padget Graham & Laney, P.A., of Charleston, for Amicus Curiae, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America and the South Carolina Insurance Association.


We accepted a certified question from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, asking whether South Carolina law requires that punitive damages be apportioned pro rata between those sustained for bodily injury and property damage, respectively, under an automobile insurance policy. We answer the question...

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