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CURCIO v. CATERPILLAR, INC.

No. 3307.

344 S.C. 266 (2001)

543 S.E.2d 264

Pamela C. CURCIO, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Dennis M. Turner, Appellant, v. CATERPILLAR, INC. a.k.a Caterpillar Tractor Company, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Filed February 7, 2001.

Refiled February 26, 2001.

Rehearing Denied March 26, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Kassel and B. Randall Dong, of Suggs & Kelly, of Columbia, for appellant.

W. Frances Marion, Jr., of Haynsworth, Sinkler & Boyd, of Greenville, for respondent.

GOOLSBY, Judge:

A jury awarded Pamela C. Curcio, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Dennis M. Turner, $500,000 in a wrongful death action against Caterpillar, Inc. The trial court later set the verdict aside and dismissed the complaint. Curcio appeals. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Turner worked as a heavy-equipment mechanic for Blanchard Machinery Company in Simpsonville, South Carolina. On March 23, 1994, he was crushed to death while performing...

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