DocketNumber： 2011-UP-082
Filed Date： 2/24/2011
Status： Non-Precedential
Modified Date： 10/22/2024
THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals
American International Insurance Company, Appellant,
v.
Christine Caffey and Richard Caffey, Individually and as Husband and Wife, and as Co-Guardians ad Litem for Erin C., a Minor Under the Age of Fourteen years, Respondents.
Appeal From Anderson County
J.C. Buddy Nicholson, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge
Unpublished Opinion No. 2011-UP-082
Submitted February 1, 2011 Filed
February 24, 2011
REVERSED
Timothy A. Domin, of Charleston, and James P. Walsh and Sean Scoopmire, of Greenville, for Appellant.
Steven M. Krause and Steven B. LeFevre, of Anderson, for Respondents.
PER CURIAM: American International Insurance Company (AIIC) appeals from the trial court's order granting Christine and Richard Caffeys' (the Caffeys[1]) motion for summary judgment, arguing the trial court erred in finding AIIC failed to make a meaningful offer of underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage and reforming AIIC's policy to provide the Caffeys with UIM coverage. We reverse[2] pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authority: Wiegand v. United States Automobile Association, Op. No. 26919 (S.C. Sup. Ct. filed Jan. 31, 2011) (Shearouse Adv. Sh. No. 4 at 17) (reversing the circuit court's grant of summary judgment in favor of insured, and finding USAA made a meaningful offer of UIM coverage to insured because USAA met its burden with regards to Section 38-77-350 of the South Carolina Code (1997)).
REVERSED.
HUFF, SHORT and PIEPER, JJ., concur.
[1] AIIC's complaint named Christine and Richard Caffey individually, as husband and wife, and as co-guardians ad litem for their minor daughter, Erin C.
[2] We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.