Doe ex rel. Roe v. Orangeburg County School District No. 2

HEARN, Judge:

In this action for negligent supervision, Orangeburg County School District No. 2 (the school district) appeals from a jury verdict in favor of Jane Doe, by her Guardian ad Litem Mary Roe, and Mary Roe individually. Doe and Roe cross-appeal, arguing that the jury’s verdict was inadequate and thus the trial judge should have granted a new trial nisi additur. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

FACTS

On February 16, 1994, Doe, a fourteen-year-old student at Bowman High School in Orangeburg, reported to her guidance counselor that she had been sexually assaulted earlier that day by…