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PRESCOTT v. FARMERS TELEPHONE CO-OP.

No. 24948.

335 S.C. 330 (1999)

516 S.E.2d 923

David M. PRESCOTT, Respondent, v. FARMERS TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE, INC., Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided June 1, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Durant, Jr., and Michael M. Jordan, of Schwartz, McLeod, Durant, and Jordan, of Sumter, for petitioner.

J. Edward Bell, III, of Bell & Moore, of Sumter, for respondent.

Robert L. Widener and Richard J. Morgan, of McNair Law Firm, of Columbia, for amicus curiae South Carolina Telephone Association.

Benjamin A. Johnson and Stephen M. Cox, of Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A., of Rock Hill, for amici curiae The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and The South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance.

BURNETT, Justice:

The Court granted a writ of certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Appeals in Prescott v. Farmers Tel. Coop., Inc., 328 S.C. 379, 491 S.E.2d 698 (Ct.App.1997) (Stilwell, J., dissenting). We reverse.

BACKGROUND

Respondent David M. Prescott (Prescott) brought this wrongful discharge action against his former employer, Petitioner Farmers Telephone...

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