Legal Opinion
Dawkins v. NATIONAL LIBERTY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided April 6, 1966No. Civ. A. 66-82PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEMPHILL, District Judge.
Charles Dawkins, invoking diversity jurisdiction of the court, filed complaint against the National Liberty Life Insurance Company, an unauthorized insurer doing business in South Carolina, seeking judgment for damages in amount of $500,000 actual and punitive damages.
Defendant, admitting that the company is doing business within the state and is unauthorized to do so, moves to strike from the complaint allegations pertaining to punitive damages and prayer thereof, and if such be granted, moves to dismiss on the grounds that it is determinable to a legal certainty…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Saint Paul Mercury Indemnity Co. v. Red Cab Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Vance v. W. A. Vandercook Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Welborn v. DixonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1904
- Ross v. American Income Life InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1958
- Timmons v. Williams Wood Products Corp.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1932
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Oliver B. Cannon & Son, Inc. v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 1980
- Robertsen v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1979
- Montgomery v. Federal InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1993
- Dawkins v. National Liberty Life InsuranceDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1967
- Young v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1967
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