Law v. South Carolina Department of Corrections

Justice BURNETT:

Anthony Law, Vondeste Mole, Mark Holmes, Arthur Vaughan, Harry Jenkins, and Kenneth Green (Appellants) appeal the trial court’s grant of summary judgment for South Carolina Department of Corrections (Respondent) on their malicious prosecution claims, the trial court’s grant of directed *431verdict for Respondent on their wrongful termination claims, and the trial court’s grant of judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) for Respondent on their false imprisonment claims. We affirm as modified.

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In early 1999, Willie Harrison, an inmate at the Allendale…