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HENSON EX REL. HUNT v. INT. PAPER CO.

No. 26374.

374 S.C. 375 (2007)

650 S.E.2d 74

The Late Terry HENSON, by Harriet HUNT, his Aunt and Appointed Guardian ad Litem and Personal Representative, Petitioner, v. INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY, Georgetown Steel Corporation, The City of Georgetown, and Georgetown County, Defendants, Of Whom International Paper Company is, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided August 27, 2007.

Rehearing Denied September 19, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregg E. Meyers, of Charleston, for Petitioner.

Andrew K. Epting, Jr., and Amanda R. Maybank, both of Pratt-Thomas Epting & Walker PA, of Charleston, for Respondent.

Chief Justice TOAL:

In this civil action, the court of appeals held that a claim for attractive nuisance requires the injured child to be attracted onto the defendant's property by the nuisance which causes him or her injury. Although we agree with the disposition reached by the court of appeals, we disagree with the rule found both in its opinion and in our precedent. Accordingly, we affirm the court of appeals' decision...

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