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COCKRELL v. HILLERICH & BRADSBY CO.

No. 25964.

363 S.C. 485 (2005)

611 S.E.2d 505

Norman Jeffrey COCKRELL, as Guardian ad litem for Ryan Jeffrey Cockrell, Appellant, v. HILLERICH & BRADSBY COMPANY d/b/a Louisville Slugger, James A. Sherwood, University of Massachusetts at Lowell Baseball Research Center, the National Federation of State High School Associations, and the South Carolina High School League, Defendants, of whom James A. Sherwood and University of Massachusetts at Lowell Baseball Research Center are Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided April 4, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Whetstone, Jr., of James C. Anders, P.A., of Columbia; J. Kendall Few, of J. Kendall Few, P.A., of Greer; and Stephen D. Baggett and Kenneth W. Poston, both of McDonald, Patrick, Tinsley, Baggett & Poston, of Greenwood, for Appellant.

C. Mitchell Brown, of Columbia, and Elizabeth M. McMillan, of Greenville, both of Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, L.L.P., for Respondents.

Justice WALLER.

This is a products liability and negligence case in which the circuit court granted the respondents' motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. We affirm.

FACTS

On March 16, 2002, Ryan Cockrell, a thirteen-year old seventh grader, was pitching in a Greenwood High School junior varsity baseball game. A line drive ball off the bat of an opposing player hit Ryan in the head causing severe injuries. The bat was an aluminum bat...

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