Williams v. GEICO
| Docket Number | 27435 |
| Decision Date | 20 August 2014 |
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Portrait Homes - S.C. v. Pa. Nat'l Mut. Cas. Ins. Co.
...App. 2009). [73–75] Whether a contract’s language is ambiguous is a question of law for the court. Williams v. Gov’t Emps. Ins. Co. (GEICO), 409 S.C. 586, 594, 762 S.E.2d 705, 710 (2014). "The construction of a clear and unambiguous contract is a question of law for the court to determine."......
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Hoyler v. State
...of the parties' intent is then a question of fact." (emphasis added) (citations omitted)); Williams v. Gov't Employees Ins. Co. (GEICO) , 409 S.C. 586, 594, 762 S.E.2d 705, 710 (2014) ("If the court decides [a contract's] language is ambiguous, ... evidence may be admitted to show the inten......
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Neumayer v. Phila. Indem. Ins. Co.
...an insured's breach of a notice clause cannot reduce the amount of available coverage. Further, the court cited to this Court's decision in Williams , where we held a family step-down provision was void under section 38-77-142(C) because it purported to reduce coverage from the policy's lia......
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Advance Tr. & Life Escrow Servs. v. Protective Life Ins. Co.
...816 (S.C. 1983)). Contract language in an insurance policy must be given its plain and ordinary meaning. Williams v. Gov't Emps. Ins. Co., 409 S.C. 586, 762 S.E.2d 705, 709-10 (2014); Bell, 757 S.E.2d at 406; Sloan Constr. Co. v. Cent. Nat'l Ins. Co. of Omaha, 269 S.C. 183, 236 S.E.2d 818, ......
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§ 2.2 Ambiguous Terms
...with you. It includes your unmarried and unemancipated child away at school."41 -------- Notes:[13] Williams v. Gov't Employees Ins. Co., 409 S.C. 586, 594-595, 762 S.E.2d 705, 710 (2014); S.C. Dept' of Natural Res. v. Town of McClellanville, 345 S.C. 617, 623, 550 S.E.2d 299, 302-303 (2001......
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§ 2.1 General Rules of Policy Language Construction
...S.E.2d 85, 91 (Ct. App. 2011); Evanston Ins. Co. v. Watts, 52 F. Supp. 3d 761, 774 (D.S.C. 2014).[6] Williams v. Gov't Employees Ins. Co., 409 S.C. 586, 594, 762 S.E.2d 705, 709-710 (2014); Hawkins v. Greenwood Dev. Corp., 328 S.C. 585, 592, 493 S.E.2d 875, 878 (Ct. App. 1997).[7] McGill v.......
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Step-down or Step-on?
...Aug. 20, 2014), rev'd, 427 S.C. 348, 831 S.E.2d 131 (Ct. App. 2019), rev'd, 433 S.C. 206, 858 S.E.2d 150 (2021). [11] Id. [12] Id. [13] 409 S.C. 586, 762 S.E.2d 705 (2014). [14] Nationwide Mut. Fire Ins. Co. v. Walls, 427 S.C. 348, 358, 831 S.E.2d 131, 137 (Ct. App. 2019), rev'd, 433 S.C. 2......
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III. South Carolina Financial Responsibility Requirements
...Mutual Casualty Ins. v. Parker, 282 S.C. 546, 551, 320 S.E.2d 458, 461 (Ct. App. 1984).[173] Williams v. Government Employees Ins. Co, 409 S.C. 586, 762 S.E.2d 705 (2014); Ferguson v. Employers Mutual Casualty Co, 254 S.C. 235, 174 S.E.2d 768 (1970).[174] S.C. Code Ann. §§ 56-10-10; 56-10-2......