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BRINKLEY v. S.C. DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 4629.

386 S.C. 182 (2009)

687 S.E.2d 54

Alonzo BRINKLEY, Appellant, v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided November 10, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Terrence Mobley, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Samuel F. Arthur, III, of Florence, for Respondent.

HEARN, C.J.

Alonzo Brinkley appeals the circuit court's vacation of the jury award and grant of a new trial in favor of Respondent, South Carolina Department of Corrections (Department). Brinkley asserts sufficient evidence of gross negligence existed to support the verdict and the amount of the verdict was not so excessive as to shock the conscience. We affirm.

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Brinkley was an inmate with Department, housed at the Evans...

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