MACHIN v. CARUS CORP.

Opinion No. 27714.

419 S.C. 527 (2017)

799 S.E.2d 468

John William MACHIN, Plaintiff, v. CARUS CORPORATION, Defendant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed April 26, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Nichols , of Bluestein Nichols Thompson & Delgado, of Columbia; Frederick I. Hall, III , of the Rick Hall Law Firm, of Lexington; and John K. Koon , of Koon & Cook, of Columbia, for Plaintiff.

Gray T. Culbreath and Jessica A. Waller , of Gallivan White & Boyd, P.A., of Columbia; and J. Arthur Davidson and Sonja R. Tate , of Fulcher Hagler LLP, of Augusta, Georgia, for Defendant.

Alan Jones , of McGangus, Goudelock & Courie, of Myrtle Beach; and David C. Marshall , of Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, of Columbia, for amici curiae South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association and DRI — The Voice of the Defense Bar.


This Court accepted the following certified questions from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina:

1. Under South Carolina law, when a Plaintiff seeks recovery from a person, other than his employer, for an injury sustained on the job, may the jury hear an explanation of why the employer is...

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