Barnes v. Industrial Life & Health Insurance
Supreme Court of South Carolina
1Opinion of the Court
The Opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Associate Justice Baker,
with Messrs. Associate Justices FishburnE and StukEs dissenting:
The complaint in this case is apparently patterned on the complaint in the case of Neely against the same defendant, which case was before this Court in 1939, and is reported in 192 S. C., 71, 5 S. E. (2d), 568. But upon a trial of the instant case, the testimony discloses material differences; and in this case the defendant (respondent) timely took the position that it was the plaintiff's (appellant's) duty to read her policy or to have it read to her; that she…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Cook v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1937
- Neely v. Industrial Life Health Ins. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1939
- Watson v. Southern Ry. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1916
3Cited by3 opinions
- Garner v. Wyeth Laboratories, Inc.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1984
- Clinkscales v. North Carolina Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1942
- Hutcherson v. Pilgrim Health & Life InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1955