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VANDEGRIFT v. DENT

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258 S.C. 240 (1972)

188 S.E.2d 185

Ellis VANDEGRIFT, Appellant, v. William P. DENT, doing business as St. Matthews Builders, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

April 19, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Lewis Cromer, Esq., of Cromer, Louthian & Meeting, Columbia, for the Appellant.

Messrs. Furman R. Gressette, of St. Matthews, and T.B. Bryant, Jr., of Orangeburg for Respondent.

April 19, 1972.

LEWIS, Justice.

This is an action to recover damages, both actual and punitive, resulting from an assault and battery inflicted upon plaintiff by defendant. The case was tried in the Court of Common Pleas for Orangeburg County and resulted in a verdict in plaintiff's favor in the amount of $50,000.00, actual damages, and $25,000.00, punitive damages. Subsequently, the trial judge granted defendant's motion for a new trial, from which plaintiff...

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