RAINO v. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO.

23703

309 S.C. 255 (1992)

422 S.E.2d 98

Cynthia RAINO, Respondent v. GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY, Lee Tire Company, Stokes Honda of Beaufort, Inc., and Barnard Tire Company, Defendants, Of Whom Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and Lee Tire Company are Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided August 31, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Carpenter, Jr., and Deborah L. Harrison, both of Richardson, Plowden, Grier & Howser, Columbia, and Robert H. Hood and Carl E. Pierce, II, both of Hood Law Firm, Charleston, for appellants.

John E. Parker, of Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth & Detrick, Hampton, and A. Parker Barnes, of Barnes & Smith, P.A., Beaufort, for respondent.

William C. Anderson, Jr., Hampton, for defendant Barnard Tire Company.

Stephen P. Hughes, of Howell, Gibson & Hughes, P.A., Beaufort, for defendant Stokes Honda of Beaufort, Inc.


Heard June 5, 1992

Decided August 31, 1992.

MOORE, Justice:

This is a strict liability case. Appellants Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company (Goodyear) and Lee Tire Company (Lee) allege that the trial judge erred in ruling evidence relating to alcohol was inadmissible and in failing to grant Goodyear's motions for dismissal. We affirm.

I. FACTS

Respondent Cynthia Raino (Raino) was seriously injured in a single car accident on July 25...

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