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GATTISON v. S.C. STATE COLLEGE

No. 2315.

456 S.E.2d 414 (1995)

J. Leonard GATTISON, Respondent, v. S.C. STATE COLLEGE, Albert E. Smith, Orlando White, Mool S. Shekhawat and Jimmy Ruff, Defendants, of whom S.C. State University, Albert E. Smith, Orlando White and Jimmy Ruff are Appellants.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided March 13, 1995.

Rehearing Denied April 26, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles T. Speth, II, and Leigh Mullikin Nason, of Haynsworth, Baldwin, Johnson & Greaves, Columbia, and Gwendolyn L. Fuller, of S.C. State University, Orangeburg, for appellants.

J. Lewis Cromer and Craig L. Berman, of Cromer & Mabry, Columbia, for respondent.

CONNOR, Judge:

Leonard Gattison sued S.C. State University1 under the Whistleblower Act and sued the named individual defendants under the common law tort of outrage. The jury returned a verdict of $75,000 actual damages in his favor on the whistleblower cause of action. The jury also returned verdicts for Gattison against Albert Smith, Orlando White, and Jimmy Ruff on the outrage claims. The school and individuals appeal on several grounds...

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