OGLESBY v. SMITH

19418

258 S.C. 392 (1972)

188 S.E.2d 856

Arstrilla OGLESBY, as Temporary Administratrix of the Estate of Willie Louis Oglesby, Respondent, v. Samuel SMITH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

May 12, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Rufus M. Ward, of Ward, Howell, Barnes & Long, Spartanburg, and Jonathan Z. McKown, of Gaffney, for Appellant.

James R. Thompson, Esq., of Saint-Amand & Thompson, Gaffney, for Respondent.


May 12, 1972.

BUSSEY, Justice.

In this wrongful death action plaintiff's intestate, Oglesby, was a passenger in an automobile operated by the defendant when the same was involved in an accident on March 1, 1970. He died eighteen days later from a subdural hemorrhage. Upon trial, a motion of defendant for a directed verdict was overruled and a verdict for plaintiff ensued. The sole question on appeal is whether there...

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