Searcy v. South Carolina Department of Education

Goolsby, Judge:

This action by April Granger Searcy involves the South Carolina Tort Claims Act. S.C. CODE ANN. §§ 15-78-10 to -190 (Supp. 1990). The trial court, based on S.C. Code Ann. Section 15-78-110 (Supp. 1986), 1 granted the Transportation Division of the South Carolina Department of Education summary judgment because Searcy failed to commence this action within two years after the date she discovered her loss. In holding her action time-barred, the trial court rejected Searcy’s contention that she had three years from the date of loss within which to bring this action because she had…