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The Law of Automobile Insurance in South Carolina, Eighth Edition 

Constance A. Anastopoulo, Janice Holmes, Gwendolyn Fuller McGriff, Elizabeth Scott Moise, Vernon R. Sumwalt, Jr.

©2024 

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Completely updated and revised since the Seventh Edition, this book is the standard reference on all matters related to automobile insurance in South Carolina. This book not only compiles and analyzes all case law changes, but it also includes a statutory liens chapter and coverage of South Carolina's auto insurance statutory scheme. Balanced and comprehensive, The Law of Automobile Insurance in South Carolina, Eighth Edition, is the product of a unique collaboration of plaintiffs' and defense attorneys, as well as a government regulator and a law school professor.

Additionally, this edition includes 39 revised and updated sample forms saving you time in your practice. 

Table of Contents

Summary of Contents: 

Chapter 1: Regulation of the Automobile Insurance Business
Introduction
Automobile Insurance Regulation in South Carolina
South Carolina Financial Responsibility Requirements 

Chapter 2: Liability Insurance
General
Persons Defined as Insureds
Ownership, Maintenance or Use Requirement
Accident Requirement   

Chapter 3: Uninsured Motorist Coverage
History of the Uninsured Motorist Act
Uninsured Motorist Coverage
Who Is an “Insured”?
Hit-and-Run Accidents
Portability
Subrogation
Arbitration
Benefits  
Actions 

Chapter 4: Underinsured Motorist Coverage
History of Underinsured Motorist Coverage
Underinsured Motorist Coverage 
Who Is an “Insured”?
“Operation, Maintenance or Use” of the Underinsured Motor Vehicle
Portability
Underinsurance Actions|

Chapter 5: Personal Injury Protection Coverage 

Chapter 6: Physical and Property Damage Coverages
First-Party Coverages
Third-Party Liability Property Damage Coverage
Uninsured Motorist Property Damage Coverage
Considerations for Property Damage Claims       

Chapter 7: Bad Faith and Criminal Penalties
Bad Faith by an Insurer
Criminal Penalties for Insurance Fraud         

Chapter 8: Stacking
Generally
Liability Coverages
Summary 

Chapter 9: Actions
Interpleader
Declaratory Judgment Actions
Service of Process on Insurance Companies
Choice of Laws
Statute of Limitations
Parties
Collecting Judgments Against Insurers 

Chapter 10: Statutory Liens
Introduction
Liens Under State Law
Liens Under Federal Law
Ethical Ramifications of Statutory Liens

Forms Listing:
Affidavit – Memorandum of Costs
Affidavit of Default
Affidavit of Late Filing
Affidavit of Non-Military Service
Affidavit of Service by Mail
Affidavit Seeking Order to Allow Service by Publication
Client Letter
Complaint - Bad Faith First Party Benefits
Complaint - Bad Faith Refusal To Pay Claim
Complaint- Bad Faith - Tyger River
Complaint- Failure to offer UIM
Complaint - John Doe
Complaint- Magistrate's Court
Complaint - Wreck Case - Negligence
Complaint - Wreck Case - Family Purpose Doctrine
Confession of Judgment
Covenant Not to Execute
Instructions for Magistrate's Court: Plaintiff and Defense
Motion for Default Hearing Requested
Motion for Default Liquidated Sum
Notice of Filing
Order Allowing Service by Publication
Order of Default - Damages Hearing
Order of Judgment
Personal Injury Intake Sheet
Petition in Supplementary Proceedings
Plaintiff's First Request for Production (RFP) - Bad Faith (#1)
Plaintiff's First Request for Production (RFP) - Bad Faith (#2)
Plaintiff's First Request for Production (RFP) - Failure to offer UIM
Plaintiff's First Set of Interrogatories
Policy Release
Promissory Note
Rule to Show Cause/Order of Reference (post-judgment)
Satisfaction of Judgment
Subpoena - Federal Court
Subpoena - State Court
Subpoena – Federal and State Court
Subpoena for Deposition - Federal Court
Subpoena for Production - Federal Court

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