Legal Opinion
Rowell v. Harleysville Mutual Insurance
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided November 21, 1978No. 20814PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, Chief Justice:
Appellant was an insurance agent of respondent under a written contract which provided for its termination by either party, without cause, upon sixty days written notice to the other. Subsequent to the execution of the agency contract, the General Assembly adopted Act No. 1177 of the 1974 Acts of the General Assembly, relating to automobile liability insurance, which contained a provision prohibiting the cancellation of insurance agency contracts by an insurer because of the volume of automoble insurance placed with it by its agent on account of the statutory mandate for…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- G-H Insurance Agency, Inc. v. Travelers Insurance CompaniesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1978
- DANTZLER v. CallisonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1956
3Cited by11 opinions
- Robertsen v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1979
- Roy E. Garris D/B/A Garris Insurance Co. v. Hanover Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1980
- G-H Insurance Agency, Inc. v. Continental InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1982
- Easterby-Thackston, Inc. v. Chrysler Corp.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1979
- South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs v. Rent-a-Center, Inc.Court of Appeals of South Carolina · 2001
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