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AUSTIN v. BEAUFORT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

No. 26452.

377 S.C. 31 (2008)

659 S.E.2d 122

Carolyn Bair AUSTIN, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Robert Jacob Bair, deceased, Appellant, v. BEAUFORT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided March 10, 2008.

Rehearing Denied April 16, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Adam Gess, of McDaniel & Gess, of Beaufort, Mark Weston Hardee, of the Hardee Law Firm, of Columbia, and Robert E. Austin, Jr., of Robert E. Austin, Jr., Law Offices, of Leesburg, FL, for Appellant.

Marshall H. Waldron, Jr., of Bluffton, for Respondent.

Justice WALLER.

This is a direct appeal from the trial court's order which granted summary judgment in favor of respondent, Beaufort County Sheriff's Office (the Sheriff's Office). We affirm.

FACTS

On July 25, 2001, Robert Bair, the adult son of appellant Carolyn Bair Austin, was found dead in his neighbor's garage at a condominium complex in Hilton Head. The Sheriffs Office began an investigation into his death and collected the following items...

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