ORDERS:
ORDER OF DISMISSAL (Settlement)
The above-entitled case is pending before the Administrative Law Judge Division, and was
assigned to the Honorable Ray N. Stevens on December 31, 1997. Philip S. Porter, South Carolina
Consumer Advocate, was named as Intervenor upon the filing of the Procedural Order on January
6, 1998. On January 19, 1998, a letter was received from Hana Pokorna-Williamson, Staff Attorney
for the Intervenor, Department of Consumer Affairs. The letter stated that the Petitioner, Nationwide
Mutual Insurance Company, proposed to amend its rate request from an initially requested overall
increase of 1.6% to an overall increase of l.0% and further requested that an Order of Dismissal be
issued. A hearing was held via teleconference on January 28, 1998, at which time all parties
consented to dismissing the matter pursuant to a settlement. It appears to the satisfaction of the
Division that this case has been fully and finally settled by agreement between the parties and that
the case be dismissed.
Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that the above-captioned case be and hereby is settled and
dismissed.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
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RAY N. STEVENS
Administrative Law Judge
This 28th day of January, 1998.
Columbia, South Carolina. |
