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RIGGS v. LAURENS DISTRICT 56

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271 S.C. 463 (1978)

248 S.E.2d 306

Wilma RIGGS, Respondent/Cross-Appellant, v. LAURENS DISTRICT 56, a body politic and corporate, Dr. Charles L. Cummins, Jr., District Superintendent, and the following members of the Board of Trustees, Dr. W. Fred Chapman, Jr., Chairman of the Board, Richard Swetenburg, Ralsa Fuller, John Adair, Sam Blackmon, Calvin Cooper, and John E. Willingham, all personally, individually, jointly and severally, and the successors in the office of each, Appellants/Cross-Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

October 11, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Edwards and John R. Ferguson, Clinton, for appellant/cross-respondents.

Medlock & Davis, Columbia, for respondent/cross-appellant.

October 11, 1978.

NESS, Justice:

Respondent Riggs brought suit against the appellant school district after her employment was terminated at Joanna Elementary School. The trial court ordered Ms. Riggs reinstated with back pay. We reverse.

Ms. Riggs was a teacher at Joanna Elementary School in Laurens District 56 from the fall of 1962 through the 1973-74 school year. In February of 1974, the superintendent informed Ms. Riggs it would be necessary to...

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