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PROCTOR & SCHWARTZ, INC. v. ROLLINS

No. 79-1876.

634 F.2d 738 (1980)

PROCTOR & SCHWARTZ, INC. and SCM Corporation, Appellants, v. C. F. ROLLINS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 13, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Linton, Charleston, S. C. (Sinkler, Gibbs & Simons, Charleston, S. C., on brief) and Samuel P. Pierce, Jr., Atlanta, Ga. (Warner S. Currie, Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta, Ga., on brief), for appellants.

John E. Parker, Ridgeland, S. C. (Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth & Detrick, Ridgeland, S. C., on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and BUTZNER and SPROUSE, Circuit Judges.

HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge:

By permission of this court, Proctor & Schwartz, Inc. and SCM Corporation prosecute this interlocutory § 1292(b) appeal of the denial of their motions to dismiss. Among the grounds asserted for reversal, they argue that South Carolina's "door-closing" statute, S.C.Code § 15-5-150, deprived the district court of jurisdiction. We agree.

In 1972, Rollins was injured in an accident involving a machine manufactured by Proctor...

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