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NEWBERRY v. GEORGIA DEPT. OF INDUSTRY & TRADE

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286 S.C. 574 (1985)

336 S.E.2d 464

Martha NEWBERRY, Respondent, v. GEORGIA DEPT. OF INDUSTRY & TRADE, et al. Defendants, of whom Shopsmith Woodworking Prod., Inc., et al., are Respondents, and Georgia Dept. of Industry & Trade is Petitioner. Appeal of SHOPSMITH WOODWORKING PROD., INC. Appeal of GEORGIA DEPT. OF INDUSTRY & TRADE.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided October 16, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Carpenter, Jr., and R. Davis Howser of Richardson, Plowden, Grier & Howser, Columbia, for petitioner.

Ken Suggs, D. Michael Kelly of Ken Suggs — Mike Kelly, Lawyers, P.A., James W. Alford of Barnes, Alford, Stork & Johnson, and Edwin P. Martin of Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, Columbia, for respondents.

Heard Sept. 24, 1985.

Decided Oct. 16, 1985.

GREGORY, Justice:

Respondent Martha Newberry, a resident of the State of Maryland, commenced this action in tort against appellant Georgia Department of Industry and Trade (the Department) and two South Carolina defendants. The Department, an agency of the State of Georgia, filed a demurrer on the ground of sovereign immunity. The trial judge overruled the demurrer...

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