Farmland Mutual Insurance v. Jim Moore Cadillac-Oldsmobile, Inc.

Cureton, Judge:

This appeal presents the question whether the South Carolina Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act (S. C. Code Ann. Section 56-9-10 et seq. (1976)) permits the exclusion of liability insurance coverage to a permissive user of the insured automobile when the user is employed in the automobile business at the time of the accident. The circuit court held that such an exclusion violated the statute. We affirm.

The stipulated facts reveal the following. Eugene Eshelman and his wife sued Ronnie Wilson for damages for their personal injuries and property loss arising out of an…