1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. S.E.2d
  4. 433 S.E.2d
  5. 433 S.E.2d 857 (1993)
 

WISE v. BROADWAY

No. 23908.

433 S.E.2d 857 (1993)

William H. WISE, Jr., Appellant, v. James H. BROADWAY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided July 19, 1993.

Rehearing Denied August 17, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon B. Jenkinson of Jenkinson & Jenkinson, P.A., Kingstree, for appellant.

Rebecca Laffitte and C. Mitchell Brown of Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, Columbia, and Robert W. Brown, Weinberg, Brown & McDougall, Sumter, for respondent.

Desa A. Ballard and L. Joel Chastain of Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, Barnwell, for amicus curiae South Carolina Trial Lawyers Ass'n.

H. Mills Gallivan of Gibbes and Clarkson, P.A., Greenville, and Danny C. Crowe and Laura Callaway Hart of Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, P.A., Columbia, for amicus curiae South Carolina Defense Trial Attys. Ass'n.

HARWELL, Chief Justice:

This is an automobile collision case. Appellant William H. Wise, Jr. asserts that the trial judge erred in finding that he was not entitled to punitive damages based on testimony that respondent James H. Broadway had violated a traffic law and thus was negligent per se. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

I. FACTS

Early in the morning of September 9, 1988, appellant was driving to work. Respondent was following appellant...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases