DONEVANT v. TOWN OF SURFSIDE BEACH

Opinion No. 27771.

422 S.C. 264 (2018)

811 S.E.2d 744

Jacklyn DONEVANT, Respondent, v. TOWN OF SURFSIDE BEACH, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed February 28, 2018.

Rehearing Denied April 17, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Franklin Thompson Jr. , of Malone, Thompson, Summers & Ott, LLC, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Henrietta U. Golding and James K. Gilliam , both of McNair Law Firm, of Myrtle Beach, for Respondent.


The court of appeals affirmed a jury verdict for Jacklyn Donevant in her wrongful termination action against the Town of Surfside Beach, finding her cause of action fit within the public policy exception to the at-will employment doctrine. Donevant v. Town of Surfside Beach, 414 S.C. 396,

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