CURIEL v. HAMPTON COUNTY E.M.S.

Appellate Case No. 2011-194827. No. 5065.

401 S.C. 646 (2012)

737 S.E.2d 854

Maria T. CURIEL and Martin L. Curiel, Respondents, v. HAMPTON COUNTY E.M.S., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided December 19, 2012.

Rehearing Denied January 25, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall H. Waldron, Jr. and Matthew David Cavender , both of Griffith Sadler & Sharp, PA, of Beaufort, for Appellant.

John S. Nichols , of Bluestein Nichols Thompson & Delgado, LLC, of Columbia; H. Woodrow Gooding and Mark Brandon Tinsley , both of Gooding & Gooding, PA, of Allendale, for Respondents.


KONDUROS, J.

Hampton County E.M.S. (Hampton) appeals the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Maria and Martin Curiel, arguing the trial court erred in finding it was not entitled to tort immunity pursuant to the South Carolina Tort Claims Act. S.C.Code Ann. § 15-78-60(6)(2005). We affirm.

FACTS

On November 22, 2008, Maria was driving Martin's car on a two-lane road in Hampton County. Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Jason Schroyer...

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