Payment on legitimate insurance claim; damages; fees; costs

S.C. Code Ann. § 37-4-205, under Title 37, Chapter 4.

S.C. Code Ann. § 37-4-205

No person may act or attempt in a consumer credit transaction to prevent the filing or receiving of payment on a legitimate insurance claim. In an action in which it is found that a person has violated this section, the court shall award to the consumer the actual damages and consequential damages, if any, and to his attorneys their reasonable fees and costs. In determining attorney's fees and costs, the amount of recovery on behalf of the consumer is not controlling.