Singletary v. South Carolina Department of Education

Shaw, Judge:

Stephen Singletary (the Plaintiff) brought an action against the South Carolina Department of Education (the Department) for injuries he received when he collided with a stalled school bus. The jury awarded the Plaintiff $1,500,000 actual damages, which the trial judge reduced to the statutory cap of $250,000 pursuant to the South Carolina Tort Claims Act. The trial judge denied the remaining post-verdict motions and the Department appeals. We affirm.

In the early morning of January 2, 1991, the Plaintiff drove his pickup truck into and under the rear of a stopped school bus on a…