Nance v. Nationwide Insurance

This is an appeal from an order denying a demurrer to plaintiff’s complaint on the asserted ground that it failed to state a cause of action for wrongful death. The school bus, which is alleged to have caused the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, was owned by the state Department of Education and was insured by Nationwide Insurance Company. We dismiss on procedural grounds.

This action for wrongful death was'brought pursuant to South Carolina Code Section 59-67-710(1) (b) (1976). Nationwide was the sole defendant named in the complaint. Nationwide interposed two demurrers, both being…