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RAMEY v. RAMEY

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273 S.C. 680 (1979)

258 S.E.2d 883

Ruby RAMEY, Respondent, v. Williard C. RAMEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

September 25, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.D. Todd, Jr., of Leatherwood, Walker, Todd & Mann, Greenville and Felix L. Finley, Jr., of Finley, Ponder & Warlick, Pickens, for Appellant.

Michael Parham, of Abrams, Bowen, Robertson, Tapp & Parham, Greenville, for Respondent.

Joel D. Bailey and Charles B. Macloskie, Beaufort, for S.C. Trial Lawyers Ass'n, amicus curiae.

September 25, 1979.

NESS, Justice:

Respondent, Ruby Ramey, challenges the constitutionality of the South Carolina Guest Statute, § 15-1-290, Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976). We conclude the statute violates the equal protection guarantees of the South Carolina and United States Constitutions.

Respondent sued her husband, Williard, for personal injuries sustained by her while a non-paying guest passenger in his motor vehicle. In his answer...

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