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LAWING v. TRINITY MFG., INC.

No. 5166.

406 S.C. 13 (2013)

749 S.E.2d 126

Scott F. LAWING and Tammy R. Lawing, Appellants, v. TRINITY MANUFACTURING, INC., Matrix Outsourcing, LLC, and Univar, USA, Inc., Defendants, of whom Trinity Manufacturing, Inc. and Matrix Outsourcing, LLC are Respondents.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided August 21, 2013.

Rehearing Denied October 22, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Nichols , Bluestein, Nichols, Thompson, & Delgado, LLC, of Columbia; Robert C. Foster , Foster & Foster, LLP, of Greenville; William P. Walker, Jr. and S. Kirkpatrick Morgan, Jr. , Walker & Morgan, LLC, of Lexington; and Larry C. Brandt , of Walhalla, for Appellants.

Christian Stegmaier , Collins & Lacy, PC, of Columbia; Amy Lynn Neuschafer , Collins & Lacy, PC, of Murrells Inlet; Ellis M. Johnston, II and Joshua L. Howard , both of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA, of Greenville; and Gray Thomas Culbreath , Gallivan, White & Boyd, PA, of Columbia, for Respondents.

FEW, C.J.

Scott Lawing suffered severe burns over almost half his body when a large amount of a highly-flammable chemical caught fire at his jobsite. He brought a products liability lawsuit against several entities in the supply chain for the chemical. After a six-week jury trial, the trial court awarded substantial damages to Lawing and two of his co-workers. Lawing nevertheless appeals, arguing the trial court made two erroneous rulings. First, Lawing contends the...

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