Weeks v. Friday

Brailsford, Justice:

The appellant, Ora Bell Weeks, brought an action for injuries received when the taxicab she was driving collided with an uninsured automobile in Columbia on October 1, 1966. The taxicab was insured under a policy issued to her employer by Canal Insurance Company, the respondent. When served in connection with the action against the alleged uninsured tort-feasors, Canal appeared specially to *449move that service upon it be quashed. Canal argued that its policy was not required to contain uninsured motorist coverage, nor did it in fact do so. The circuit court agreed, quashing…