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GASTINEAU v. MURPHY

No. 2517.

473 S.E.2d 819 (1996)

James E. GASTINEAU, Respondent, v. Leigh MURPHY, Individually, and as Executive Director of the Beaufort County Mental Retardation Board, Beaufort County Council, The State Department of Mental Retardation, Defendants, of whom The Beaufort County Mental Retardation Board is, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided June 10, 1996.

Rehearing Denied August 22, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Carpenter, Jr. and Deborah Harrison Sheffield, both of Richardson, Plowden, Grier & Howser, Columbia; James S. Gibson, Jr. of Howell, Gibson & Hughes, Beaufort, for Appellant.

V.M. Manning Smith, of Moss & Kuhn, Beaufort, for Respondent.

ANDERSON, Judge:

This is an action under the South Carolina Whistleblower Act, S.C.Code Ann. § 8-27-10 et seq. (Supp.1991), in which the jury returned a verdict in favor of the Plaintiff, James Gastineau, in the amount of $375,000. The Whistleblower Act became effective March 14, 1988, and was substantially revised effective June 21, 1993. Because Gastineau was terminated in 1990, the original statute applies. The Defendant, Beaufort County Mental Retardation...

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