CHESTNUT v. AVX CORP.

No. 27557.

413 S.C. 224 (2015)

776 S.E.2d 82

Clint A. CHESTNUT, Rebatt Frankie Jefford, Mary Lou Nance, Margaret Ramsey, Nicholas Ramsey, Harold Cushman, Julia Edwards, Don Emery, Eula Cooke, and Glenda Rabon Harper, individually, and as Class Representatives, Appellants, v. AVX CORPORATION, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided August 5, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gene McCain Connell, Jr. , and Lawrence Sidney Connor, IV , both of Kelaher Connell & Connor, PC, of Surfside Beach, for appellants.

Samuel W. Outten , of Womble Carlyle Sandridge and Rice, LLP, of Greenville, Richard E. Morton , Brad A. DeVore and Todd Billmire , all of Womble Carlyle Sandridge and Rice, LLP, of Charlotte, North Carolina, and Evan Slavitt , of Myrtle Beach, for respondent.


This is an appeal from an order granting respondent's Rule 12(b)(6), SCRCP, motion, and dismissing appellants' claims for trespass, nuisance, negligence, and strict liability. Appellants contend on appeal that the court erred in dismissing the nuisance, negligence, and strict liability...

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