There is no personal injury protection (PIP) coverage mandated under the automobile insurance laws of this State. Any reference to personal injury protection in Title 38 or 56 or elsewhere is deleted. If an insurer sells no-fault insurance coverage which provides personal injury protection, medical payment coverage, or economic loss coverage, the coverage shall not be assigned or subrogated and is not subject to a setoff.
S.C. Code Ann. § 38-77-144
Personal injury protection (PIP) coverage not mandated
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Rowzie v. Allstate Insurance (2009)
Most recently applied in Cothran v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. (August 2019)
2000 Act No. 344, SECTION 2.
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Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.