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RUSSO v. SUTTON

No. 24201.

454 S.E.2d 895 (1995)

Thomas A. RUSSO, Appellant, v. John P. SUTTON, M.D., Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided February 27, 1995.

Rehearing Denied March 27, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Camden Lewis and Mary G. Lewis of Lewis, Babcock, and Hawkins, Columbia, for appellant.

Victoria L. Eslinger and Marcus A. Manos both of Nexsen, Pruet, Jacobs, and Pollard, Columbia, for respondent.

WALLER, Justice:

This was an action for criminal conversation and alienation of affections brought by Appellant, Thomas Russo, against Respondent, John Sutton, M.D. The jury awarded Russo $80,000 damages. On appeal, this Court affirmed the verdict, but prospectively abolished the tort of alienation of affections. Russo v. Sutton, ___ S.C. ___, 422 S.E.2d 750 (1992) (Russo I). The sole issue in the current appeal is...

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