Legal Opinion
Hutchinson v. Liberty Life Insurance
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided April 20, 2011No. 4820PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Per curiam
Liberty Life Insurance Co. (Liberty Life) denied life insurance proceeds to Stephen Ney’s benefieiai*y after toxicology reports reflected the presence of methamphetamines in Ney’s blood when he was killed in a single vehicle accident. Shannon Hutchinson, Ney’s daughter and beneficiary, sued Liberty Life for the insurance benefits arguing the policy exclusion for injury resulting from an insured being “under the influence of any narcotic” did not apply to Ney’s claim because methamphetamine is not a narcotic. The circuit court granted summary judgment to Hutchinson on the ground that…
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