RUH v. METAL RECYCLING SERVICES

Opinion No. 28163.

439 S.C. 649 (2023)

889 S.E.2d 577

Lucinda RUH, Plaintiff, v. METAL RECYCLING SERVICES, LLC, Defendant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed June 21, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James David George Jr. , Graham L. Newman , and Mark D. Chappell , of Chappell, Smith & Arden, of Columbia, for Plaintiff.

Christopher A. Ogiba of Moore & Van Allen PLLC, of Charleston, and Scott M. Tyler of Moore & Van Allen PLLC, of Charlotte, NC, both for Defendant.

Robert Daniel Moseley Jr. and Robert Charles Rogers of Moseley Marcinak Law Group LLP, of Taylors, for Amici Curiae South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and the South Carolina Trucking Association, Inc.

Whitney B. Harrison , of McGowan, Hood, Felder, & Phillips, LLC, of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae South Carolina Association for Justice.


The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit certified the following question to this Court pursuant to Rule 244 of the South Carolina Appellate Court Rules:

Under South Carolina law, can an employer be subject to liability for harm caused by the negligent selection of...

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