GOODE v. ST. STEPHENS UNITED METHODIST

No. 2750.

329 S.C. 433 (1997)

494 S.E.2d 827

Alphonso GOODE, Appellant, v. ST. STEPHENS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, d/b/a St. Stephens Apartments, Mack Gibson, Kevin Purnell, Darren Boatwright, Edward Rose, Insignia Financial Group, and Donald E. Bowen, Defendants, of whom St. Stephens United Methodist Church, d/b/a St. Stephens Apartments, Mack Gibson, Insignia Financial Group, and Donald E. Bowen, Jr., Personal Representative of the Estate of Donald E. Bowen, Deceased, are Respondents.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided November 17, 1997.

Rehearing Denied January 22, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Hatfield and Gary I. Finklea, both of The Hyman Law Firm, Florence, for Appellant.

Thomas C. Cofield and Andrew E. Haselden, both of Barnes, Alford, Stork & Johnson, Columbia, for Respondents.


ANDERSON, Judge:

Alphonso Goode filed a complaint against St. Stephens United Methodist Church, d/b/a St. Stephens Apartments, Insignia Financial Group, Donald Bowen and Mack Gibson (collectively called "St. Stephens") for injuries he sustained when he was attacked on the grounds of the St. Stephens Apartments. The trial judge granted St. Stephens's motion for summary judgment, finding St. Stephens had no duty to protect a visitor to the apartment complex from the...

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