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KNOKE v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF PARKS

No. 24514

324 S.C. 136 (1996)

478 S.E.2d 256

Chip KNOKE as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jeremy Ryan Knoke, Respondent/Appellant, v. The SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, RECREATION AND TOURISM, Appellant/Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided November 4, 1996.

Rehearing Denied December 5, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Matlock Elliott and Julie K. Hack-worth, both of Haynsworth, Marion, McKay & Guerard, Greenville, for appellant/respondent.

Douglas F. Patrick and Stephen R.H. Lewis, both of Covington, Patrick, Hagins & Lewis, Greenville, for respondent/appellant.

Chief Counsel Victor S. Evans, of South Carolina Department of Transportation, Columbia; Raymon E. Lark, Jr. and Asby Fulmer, both of Lewis, Rogers & Lark, of Columbia; for amicus curiae South Carolina Department of Transportation.

Robert E. Lyon, Jr. and Robert S. Croom, both of Columbia, for amicus curiae South Carolina Association of Counties.

Leo H. Hill and D. Garrison Hill, both of Hill, Wyatt, Bannister & Brown, Greenville, for amicus curiae South Carolina Association of Special Purpose Districts.

MOORE, Justice:

Respondent/appellant Knoke commenced this wrongful death action to recover for the death of his twelve-year-old son, Jeremy. The jury returned a verdict of $3,000,000. We affirm.

FACTS

Jeremy died in a fire on July 5, 1991, while sleeping in a cabin at Cheraw State Park. He was staying at the park's group camp facility as a guest of Berea First Baptist Church which had leased the facility...

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