REED v. MEDLIN

0409

284 S.C. 585 (1985)

328 S.E.2d 115

Kitty Katherine REED, Executrix of the Estate of Wiley Dempsey Reed, Appellant, v. N.R. MEDLIN, P.L. Morris, and South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation, of whom South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation is Respondent. and Henry M. CHAPLIN, Appellant, v. N.R. MEDLIN, P.L. Morris and South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation, of whom South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation is Respondent. (Three Cases)

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided March 7, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harris A. Marshall, J.C. Nicholson, Jr., and James C. Williams, Orangeburg, for appellant.

T. Travis Medlock, Atty. Gen., and Richard D. Bybee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Columbia, for respondent.

M. Richbourg Roberson, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Columbia, for amicus curiae Paul W. Cobb.


Heard Nov. 12, 1984.

Decided March 7, 1985.

BELL, Judge:

These consolidated cases were brought against the State Highway Department for wrongful death, decedent's pain and suffering, and property damage arising from a motor vehicle collision. Reed and Chaplin appeal from an order denying their motion to add the Chief Highway Commissioner as a party defendant. Reed further appeals from an order granting summary judgment to the Highway Department as...

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