Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. Erwood

373 S.C. 88 (2007)

644 S.E.2d 62

NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner,

v.

Kimberly ERWOOD, Respondent.

No. 26305.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Heard November 14, 2006.

Decided April 9, 2007.

J.R. Murphy and Adam J. Neil, both of Murphy & Grantland, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

James C. Cothran, Jr. and Thomas Barksdale Cabler, both of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

Justice PLEICONES.

We granted certiorari to review a decision of the Court of Appeals holding invalid, as against public policy, a provision in an automobile insurance policy purporting to limit the portability of basic uninsured…