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WOOTEN v. S.C. DEPT. OF TRANSP.

No. 2654.

326 S.C. 516 (1997)

485 S.E.2d 119

Rebekah WOOTEN, a minor by her Guardian Ad Litem Margaret WOOTEN, Respondent, v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION f/k/a South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation, Appellant. Margaret WOOTEN, Respondent, v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION f/k/a South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided April 7, 1997.

Rehearing Denied May 22, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Carpenter, Jr., and Deborah Harrison Sheffield, both of Richardson, Plowden, Carpenter & Robinson, Columbia; and William Jeff Weston and Merl F. Code, both of Code & Weston, Greenville, for appellant.

W. Harold Christian, Jr., of Christian & Davis, Greenville, for respondents.

CONNOR, Judge:

The jury awarded Rebekah Wooten and her mother, Margaret Wooten, verdicts stemming from an accident in which Rebekah was struck by an automobile. South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) appeals the denial of its post-trial motions. We affirm.

Facts

Normally twelve-year-old Rebekah Wooten, a student at Greer Middle School, rode the bus home from school. On February 10, 1992, she decided to walk because she had gone to discuss...

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