FORD v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF TRANSP.

No. 2725.

328 S.C. 481 (1997)

492 S.E.2d 811

Evangeline M. FORD, individually, and as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Aaron D. Ford, Appellant, v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, James Robert Carroll and Mable O. Carroll, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided September 29, 1997.

Rehearing Denied November 20, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Joel Chastain, of Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, of Barnwell; Jeffrey T. Eddy, of Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, of Charleston; and William H. Godbold, III, Rock Hill, for appellant.

Melvin B. McKeown, Jr., York, and John R. Murphy, of Murphy & Grantland; and William R. Calhoun, of Sweeny, Wingate, Murphy & Barrow, Columbia, for respondents.


GOOLSBY, Judge.

Evangeline M. Ford, individually, and as personal representative of the estate of Aaron D. Ford, appeals the grant of summary judgment to the South Carolina Department of Transportation and Robert and Mable O. Carroll in this wrongful death action. We affirm as to the Carrolls, but reverse and remand as to the Department of Transportation.

FACTS

On January 17, 1993, at about 5:00 a.m., Aaron...

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