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LEWIS v. LOCAL 382, INTERN. BROTH.

No. 2573.

324 S.C. 412 (1996)

481 S.E.2d 135

Michael O. LEWIS, as Personal Representative of the Estate of N.G. Lewis, Deceased, Respondent, v. LOCAL 382, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELETRICAL WORKERS (AFL-CIO), Davis Self, Larry Poole, Jerome Jenkins, Doris M. Jones, Bill Davis, John C. Davis and Ronald Goodale, Defendants, of whom Local 382, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (AFL-CIO) is Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided October 14, 1996.

Rehearing Denied February 21, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert E. Buhl, III, Columbia; and Terry R. Yellig, of Sherman, Dunn, Cohen, Leifer & Yellig, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Henry Hammer and Howard Hammer, both of Hammer, Hammer, Carrigg & Potterfield; and Scott Elliott, Columbia, for respondent.

ANDERSON, Judge:

This is an action for an alleged violation of the South Carolina Right-to-Work Act.1 The jury returned a verdict against Local 382 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (Local 382) in the amount of $82,560 actual damages and $25,000 punitive damages. A defense verdict was returned in favor of the other defendants. The trial court denied Local 382's post-trial motions. The union appeals. We reverse.

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