CRENSHAW v. ERSKINE COLLEGE

Opinion No. 27993.

432 S.C. 1 (2020)

850 S.E.2d 1

William CRENSHAW, Respondent, v. ERSKINE COLLEGE and David A. Norman, Petitioners.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed September 9, 2020.

Rehearing Denied November 30, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Keim Jr. , Ford & Harrison, LLP, of Spartanburg, for Petitioners.

E. Charles Grose Jr. , Grose Law Firm; Robert J. Tinsley Sr. , and Robert Jamison Tinsley Jr. , Tinsley & Tinsley, P.C., all of Greenwood, for Respondent.


William Crenshaw—a tenured professor of English at Erskine College—brought this lawsuit claiming he was wrongfully fired. An Abbeville County jury found in favor of Dr. Crenshaw and awarded him $600,000. We hold the trial court properly granted Erskine's motion for judgment notwithstanding...

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