Hazard v. South Carolina State Highway Department

Lewis, Justice:

The question to be decided in this appeal is whether the provisions of Sections 33-230 and 33-923, requiring a claim for damages against the South Carolina State Highway Department or a county in this State to be filed within one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of injury or damage, constitute a denial of due process or equal protection of the law in violation of the State and Federal Constitutions.

The issues here arise out of a two-car collision, on April 3, 1973, on an exit ramp from Interstate Highway No. 26 in Charleston County, in which appellant suffered permanent…