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Henry v. Government Employees Insurance Co.
D.S.C.August 3, 2017No. Civil Action No. 2:15-cv-3560-RMGCited 2 times
Defendant WinGovernment Employees Insurance Co.
Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Gergel
- Status
- Published
- Procedural Posture
- summary judgment
- State
- South Carolina
- Circuit
- 4th Circuit
Related Laws
No specific laws identified for this ruling.
Claim Types
Breach of Contract
Outcome
Summary judgment granted for GEICO. The court held that South Carolina law does not recognize a bad faith cause of action for a UIM carrier's refusal to settle a valuation dispute, and even if it did, GEICO had reasonable grounds to contest the claim based on available evidence.
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