RODDEY v. WAL-MART STORES EAST, LP

No. 5028.

400 S.C. 59 (2012)

732 S.E.2d 635

Travis A. RODDEY, as the personal representative of the Estate of Alice Monique Beckham Hancock, deceased, Appellant, v. WAL-MART STORES EAST, LP, U.S. Security Associates, Inc., and Derrick L. Jones, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided August 29, 2012.

Rehearing Denied October 18, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Nichols and Blake A. Hewitt , Bluestein, Nichols, Thompson & Delgado, LLC of Columbia; S. Randall Hood and William A. McKinnon , McGowan, Hood & Felder, LLC, of Rock Hill; and Brent Paul Stewart , Stewart Law Offices, LLC, of Rock Hill, for Appellant.

W. Howard Boyd, Jr. and Stephanie G. Flynn , Gallivan White & Boyd, PA of Greenville, for Respondents.


FEW, C.J.

Alice Hancock died in an automobile crash as she drove away from the Wal-Mart in Lancaster. She was being chased by Derrick Jones, an employee of U.S. Security Associates, Inc., which provided security in the Wal-Mart parking lot pursuant to a contract with Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart management had advised Jones that a passenger in Hancock's vehicle attempted to steal merchandise from the store, and they instructed him to...

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