Gossett v. Burnett

Bussey, Justice.

This is an action to recover actual and punitive damages, both personal and property, arising out of a multiple automobile collision, which, according to plaintiff’s complaint, occurred in the following manner. On the morning of Feb*550ruary 4, 1967, the defendant bank negligently, willfully and wantonly set off a false burglar alarm. Defendant Lewis, a police officer in the City of Spartanburg, was dispatched to answer the alarm, and at the intersection of Dean and East Main Streets collided with a vehicle driven by one Burnett, causing the Lewis vehicle to collide with a vehicle…