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LEE v. BUNCH

No. 26334.

373 S.C. 654 (2007)

647 S.E.2d 197

John David LEE and Kathleen Newman Lee, Respondents, v. Robert Allen BUNCH, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided June 11, 2007.

Rehearing Denied July 19, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donnell G. Jennings and R. Hawthorne Barrett, both of Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Stephen B. Samuels and Joseph R. Dasta, both of McWhirter, Bellinger & Associates, of Lexington, for Respondents.

Justice PLEICONES:

We granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' decision in Lee v. Bunch, Op. No.2004-UP-550 (S.C. Ct.App. filed October 27, 2004), in which the court ordered a new trial due to the trial court's failure to exclude evidence of plaintiffs pre-accident alcohol consumption. We reverse the Court of Appeals and reinstate the original jury verdicts in favor of Bunch.

FACTS

This case arises out of a 1997 traffic accident...

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