ARTHURS EX REL. MUNN v. AIKEN COUNTY

No. 25331.

346 S.C. 97 (2001)

551 S.E.2d 579

Steven ARTHURS, as Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF Deborah MUNN, Petitioner, v. AIKEN COUNTY, South Carolina Sheriff's Department, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided July 23, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Williams and Jonathan R. Hendrix, of Williams, Hendrix, Steigner & Brink, of Lexington, for petitioner.

Vinton D. Lide, of Lexington, for respondent.


PLEICONES, Justice:

Petitioner sued respondent, the Aiken County Sheriffs Department (Department), for negligence leading to the murder of petitioner's sister (Deborah) by her estranged husband (Husband). The circuit court granted Department's directed verdict motion, and the Court of Appeals affirmed. Arthurs v. Aiken County, South Carolina Sheriff's Dep't, 338 S.C. 253,

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