Legal Opinion
Skipper v. Hartley
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided April 9, 1963No. 18050PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, Chief Justice.
This appeal is from an action brought for actual and punitive damages for wrongful death by Rufus Skipper, as Administrator of the Estate of Effie Squires Johnson. The action was brought pursuant to Sections 10-1951 and 10-1952, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1962, for the benefit of the husband and six children.
The complaint alleges that on May 13, 1961, Mrs. Johnson was riding as a passenger in an automobile operated by Lorenzer Bill Squires proceeding in a southerly direction on U. S. Highway 17, south of Georgetown. It is alleged that the defendants, Leroy Sessions…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Eickhoff v. Beard-Laney, Inc.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1942
- Lawrence v. Southern Railway, Carolina Div.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1933
- Boykin v. BennettSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1961
- Crocker v. WeathersSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1962
- Chapman v. Associated Transport, Inc.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1951
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Ryan v. Eli Lilly & Co.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1981
- Squires v. National Grange Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1965
- Helen Grenier Lyon, Etc. v. The Ranger III and Gerald J. Costa, Helen Grenier Lyon, Etc. v. The Ranger III and Gerald J. CostaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
- Mylin v. Allen-White Pontiac, Inc.Court of Appeals of South Carolina · 1984
- Neil v. ByrumSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1986
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