Watford v. South Carolina State Highway Department

Ness, Justice:

The sole issue presented on appeal is the propriety of an order granting a new trial to the plaintiff-respondent.

The action arose from a collision on a four lane highway in Florence County between the respondent’s automobile and a Highway Patrol vehicle. The patrolman had made a U-turn in order to pursue a third car for a possible speeding violation when the respondent drove her automobile from a private driveway into the path of the Highway Patrol vehicle. The distance from the point of the U-turn to where she entered the highway is approximately 352 feet.

There was no testimony…