Legal Opinion
Sims v. Giles
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided January 29, 2001No. 3291PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Judge:
This is a premises liability case. An electric company meter reader was injured while on the property of a customer. The trial court directed a verdict in favor of the customer concluding the meter reader was a licensee on the property as opposed to an invitee. The meter reader appeals. We reverse and remand.
FACTSIPROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
At the time of her accident, Angela Sims was employed by the South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (“SCE & G”) as a meter reader. On April 18, 1995, because of a backlog, Sims was reading meters on a route she had ridden on as a passenger but was…
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