Taylor v. South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.

Moss, Chief Justice:

James Taylor, the respondent herein, commenced this action in Bamberg County to recover for alleged injuries sustained by him at the Briargate Apartment Complex in Columbia, South Carolina. While working on the project, he brought a metal ladder in contact with a distribution line of the South Carolina Electric & Gas Company, the appellant herein.

The appellant made a motion for a change of venue from Bamberg County to Richland County, pursuant to Section 10-310(3) of the 1962 Code, on the grounds that the convenience of witnesses and the ends of justice would be promoted…