Robinson v. Leach

HORTON, Judge.

This automobile accident occurred in South Carolina and is pending in the Superior Court of Brunswick County, North Carolina. *438Under well-settled conflict of laws principles, the tort law of South Carolina governs the substantive issues of liability and damages, while procedural rights are determined by the laws of North Carolina. Boudreau v. Baughman, 322 N.C. 331, 335, 368 S.E.2d 849, 854 (1988). The issue before us is whether á provision of the insurance law of South Carolina that underinsured motorist benefits are not subject to subrogation or assignment is a part of that…