Crandall Corp. v. Navistar International Transportation Corp.

Gregory, Chief Justice:

This is an action for intentional interference with prospective contractual relations. The trial judge granted respondent’s motion for summary judgment. We reverse.

In Smith v. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc., 270 S.C. 446, 242 S.E. (2d) 548 (1978), and Columbia Management Corp. v. Resort Properties, Inc., 279 S.C. 370, 307 S.E. (2d) 228 (1983), this Court refused to recognize a common law cause of action for intentional interference with prospective contractual relations. We now join the vast majority of our sister jurisdictions in recognizing such a cause of action1 and…