Hatchett v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance

Taylor, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff, Larry L. Hatchett, instituted this action in December, 1962, to recover from defendant, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, the amount of a default judgment obtained against one Kenneth Stone, an uninsured motorist, as the result of an automobile accident in which plaintiff received personal injuries.

Trial was held in the Court of Common Pleas of Laurens County in May, 1963, before the Honorable Steve C. Griffith, and at the close of plaintiff’s testimony both parties moved for a directed verdict. The jury was discharged and Judge Griffith, in his Order of…