Sapp v. State Farm Automobile Insurance

Littlejohn, Justice:

The plaintiff brought this declaratory judgment action against his own automobile liability insurer, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, to determine whether the uninsured motorist provisions of the policy, as required by §§ 56-9-830 and 56-9-850, Code of Laws of South CcM'olina (1976), require the insurer to pay damages growing out of a collision between the car in which plaintiff was riding and another passenger car.

The collision was caused when an unidentified motorist, driving a van truck, caused the driver of the other passenger car to swerve his car and…