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LAWSON v. SUMTER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

No. 3113.

339 S.C. 133 (2000)

528 S.E.2d 86

Barbara LAWSON, as Personal Representative of the Estate of William Randolph Lawson, Appellant/Respondent, v. SUMTER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, Respondent/Appellant. Harold V.Thames, Respondent/Appellant, v. Barbara Lawson, as Personal Representative of the Estate of William Randolph Lawson, Appellant/Respondent.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided February 7, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward M. Brown, of Brown & Roache; and Russell Brown, both of Charleston, for Appellant/Respondent.

George C. James, Jr., and John E. James, both of Richardson & James, of Sumter, for Respondent/Appellant.

HUFF, Judge:

Barbara Lawson (Mrs. Lawson) brought this action under the South Carolina Tort Claims Act against the Sumter County Sheriffs Office for the death of her husband, William Randolph Lawson (Mr. Lawson). Mr. Lawson was shot by a Sumter County sheriffs deputy, who was injured trying to effect Mr. Lawson's arrest. The deputy, in turn, filed suit for his injuries against Mrs. Lawson as the personal representative of her husband's estate, and she counterclaimed...

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