Legal Opinion
McKnight v. South Carolina Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided September 9, 2009No. 4615PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKonduros, J.
As personal representative of Brooks Leon Thomas’s estate, Frederick T. McKnight filed a survival and wrongful death action against the South Carolina Department of Corrections (the Department) and Just Care, Inc.1 after inmate Thomas committed suicide. The trial court granted Just Care’s motion *384for summary judgment finding any deficiency in treatment was too attenuated from Thomas’s death to have proximately caused it because he committed suicide over a year after his discharge. The trial court also determined Just Care did not owe Thomas a duty because he was not in Just Care’s custody at…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Mattie Tolton and Ronald Tolton v. American Biodyne, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1995
- Fleming v. RoseSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2002
- Runyon v. ReidSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1973
- Tupper v. Dorchester CountySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1997
- Sauner v. Public Service AuthoritySupreme Court of South Carolina · 2003
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- Fettler v. GentnerCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2012
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