Louis M. JAMISON and Evelyn Jamison, Respondents,
v.
John M. MORRIS and Kevin Morris d/b/a Morris Texaco Mini Mart, Anderson Oil Co. Inc., Texaco, Inc., and Shell Oil Company, Defendants,
of whom John M. Morris and Kevin Morris d/b/a Texaco Mini Mart, Anderson Oil Co. Inc., and Texaco, Inc. are the Appellants.
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Heard June 23, 2009.
Decided September 21, 2009.
Rehearing Denied November 4, 2009.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
C. Mitchell Brown, William C. Wood, Jr., A. Mattison Bogan and Elizabeth H. Campbell, all of Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, of Columbia; Rebecca Laffitte, and Robert E. Horner, both of Sowell, Gray, Stepp & Lafitte, all of Columbia; Robert D. Hays, Matthew S. Harman, and W. Ray Persons, all of King & Spalding, of Atlanta; and Robert H. Hood, Deborah H. Sheffield, and James B. Hood, all of Hood Law Firm, of Charleston, for Appellants.
John H. Tiller and Wendy J. Keefer, of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, of Charleston, for Appellants.
Matthew Terry Richardson, of Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham, of Columbia; Nicholas Clekis, of Clekis Law Firm, of Charleston; Richard Ness, of Ness & Jett, of Bamberg; Richard S. Rosen and Alex B. Cash, both of Rosen, Rosen & Hagood, of Charleston; Wallace K. Lightsey and Meliah D. Bowers, both of Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham, of Greenville; and William T. Toal and I.S. Leevy Johnson, both of Johnson, Toal & Battiste, of Columbia, for Respondents.
Alphonse M. Alfano, of Bassman, Mitchell & Alfano, of Washington; Charles E. Carpenter, Jr. and Carmen V. Ganjehsani, both of Carpenter Appeals & Trial Support, of Columbia; Daniel Scott Haltiwanger, of Richardson, Patrick, West-brook & Brickman, of Barnwell; David J. Kaufmann and Kevin M. Shelley, both of Kaufmann, Feiner, Yamen, Gildin & Robbins, both of NY; Douglas S. Kantor and Michael J. Baratz, both of Steptoe & Johnson, of WA; J.R. Murphy and Jeffrey C. Kull, both of Murphy & Grantland, of Columbia; John Thomas Lay, of Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, of Columbia; Victor E. Schwartz and Cary Silverman, both of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, of Washington; William Cleveland, of Buest, Moore, Smythe & McGee, of Charleston; William Sweeny, III, of Sweeny, Wingate & Barrow, of Columbia; William Lloyd Taylor, of Taylor & Powell, of Kiawah Island, and Robert M. Roach, Jr., of Roach & Newton, of Houston, Texas, all for Amici Curiae.
Supreme Court of South Carolina.
Justice PLEICONES.
Appellants appeal from a jury verdict finding appellant Mini Mart liable, and appellants Anderson Oil and Texaco, Inc., vicariously liable, for catastrophic injuries suffered by respondent Louis Jamison (Louis) in a one vehicle automobile accident. We reverse the vicarious liability verdicts against Anderson Oil and Texaco, finding no evidence that Mini Mart was their actual agent for purposes of the sale...
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