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MINNICH v. MED WASTE, INC.

No. 25468.

349 S.C. 567 (2002)

564 S.E.2d 98

Jeffery MINNICH, Plaintiff, v. MED-WASTE, INC., and Incendere, Inc., Defendants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided May 20, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Coming B. Gibbs, Jr., of Gibbs & Holmes, and Paul N. Urrichio, III, both of Charleston, for plaintiff.

Gray Thomas Culbreath, of Collins & Lacy, P.C., of Columbia, for defendants.

Justice PLEICONES.

We accepted the following question on certification from the United States District Court:

Does the Firefighter's Rule bar an emergency professional, such as a firefighter, police officer, or public safety officer, who is injured as a result of performing his or her duties, from recovering tort-based damages from the party whose negligence caused the injury?

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