Neumayer v. Philadelphia Indemnity

JUSTICE HEARN :

**263 In this case, we decide whether notice clauses in automobile insurance policies are rendered meaningless by *407 Section 38-77-142(C) of the South Carolina Code (2015) 1 . The trial court found the clause in this policy 2 void and accordingly required the insurance company to pay the full default judgment entered against its insured. The insurer appealed, and we now reverse.

FACTS

On January 25, 2013, a bus driven by Defendant Asia Partman struck Respondent Andrew Neumayer while he was **264 a pedestrian in Cayce, South Carolina. EMS transported Neumayer to Lexington Medical…