Chestnut v. South Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance

Goolsby, Judge:

The respondent Benjamin F. Chestnut brought this declaratory judgment action seeking a determination regarding coverage under the uninsured motorist provisions of a liability policy issued to him by the appellant South Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company. The trial court granted Chestnut summary judgment. Farm Bureau appeals. The dispositive issue on appeal is whether an insured involved in a motor vehicle accident with an unknown vehicle can recover under his or her uninsured motorist coverage when there was no physical contact with the unknown vehicle and only the…