Legal Opinion
Wooten ex rel. Wooten v. South Carolina Department of Transportation
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided January 18, 1999No. 24877PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOORE, Justice:
We granted a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals’ decision1 regarding petitioner’s (DOT’s) claim of immunity under the Tort Claims Act. We affirm as modified herein.
FACTS
Twelve-year-old Rebekah Wooten was injured when she attempted to cross Wade Hampton Boulevard at Memorial Drive on her way home from school. Rebekah had crossed three lanes of traffic and reached the median in the middle of the road when the light changed. Although traffic on the other side of the median waited for Rebekah in two lanes of traffic, a car approaching in the middle lane struck her…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Summer v. CarpenterSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1997
- Strange v. S.C. Department of Highways & Public TransportationSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1994
- Atlas Food Systems & Services, Inc. v. Crane National Vendors Division of Unidynamics Corp.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1995
- Wooten Ex Rel. Wooten v. South Carolina Department of TransportationCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1997
3Cited by21 opinions
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- Proctor v. Department of Health & Environmental ControlCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2006
- Capco of Summerville, Inc. v. J.H. Gayle Construction Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 2006
- Spectre, LLC v. South Carolina Department of HealthSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2010
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