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BURNS v. SOUTH CAROLINA COM'N FOR BLIND

No. 2218.

448 S.E.2d 589 (1994)

Susan M. BURNS, Respondent, v. SOUTH CAROLINA COMMISSION FOR the BLIND, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided August 15, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Davidson, II, and Andrew F. Lindemann, of Ellis, Lawhorne, Davidson, Sims, Morrison, & Sojourner, Columbia, for appellant.

William S. Tetterton, of Tetterton & Partin, Camden, for respondent.

HOWELL, Chief Judge:

This is a negligence action. Susan Burns was sexually assaulted while residing in a dormitory at the Ellen Beach Mach Rehabilitation Center.1 She brought this action against the South Carolina Commission for the Blind under the South Carolina Tort Claims Act. The jury returned a verdict of $60,000 actual damages. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

Burns entered the Center in April, 1990. On her second night...

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