OLIVER v. S.C.D.H.P.T.

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309 S.C. 313 (1992)

422 S.E.2d 128

Joey M. OLIVER, as Guardian Ad Litem for Bradford Michael Oliver, a Minor Over the Age of Fourteen Years, Respondent v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided October 5, 1992.

Rehearing Denied November 5, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Carpenter, Jr. and Deborah L. Harrison, both of Richardson, Plowden, Grier & Howser, Columbia, and Joseph P. McLean, of Clarke, Johnson & Peterson, Florence, for appellant.

Kevin M. Barth and R. Bryan Harwell, both of Harwell, Ballenger & DeBerry, Florence, for respondent.


Heard June 2, 1992;

Decided Oct. 5, 1992.

Reh. Den. Nov. 5, 1992.

TOAL, Justice:

This appeal arises out of Oliver's action against the South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation ("Highway Department") for negligence. The issues presented on appeal are whether there was sufficient evidence to support the jury's finding of proximate cause and whether the trial court erred in taxing...

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