Newton v. South Carolina Public Railways Commission

462 S.E.2d 266 (1995)

Cheryl O. NEWTON, Respondent,

v.

SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RAILWAYS COMMISSION, Petitioner.

No. 24312.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Heard February 7, 1995.

Decided September 18, 1995.

Rehearing Denied October 30, 1995.

K. Lindsay Terrell, of Howell, Gibson & Hughes, P.A., Beaufort; Charles E. Carpenter, Jr., and Deborah Harrison Sheffield, both of Richardson, Plowden, Grier & Howser, P.A., Columbia, for petitioner.

James H. Moss, of Moss & Kuhn, P.A., Beaufort, for respondent.

FINNEY, Chief Justice:

This is a negligence case. The trial judge granted petitioner's (Commission's) Rule…