Flateau v. Harrelson

ANDERSON, J:

Ruby Flateau and Herbert S. Fielding, employees of the South Carolina Commission for the Blind (Commission), appeal the circuit court’s dismissal of their tort actions against the following members of the Commission’s governing board: Robert M. Harrelson, Oliver H. Willis, Stella G. Williams, E. Lynn W. Smith, and Earlene S. Gardner (collectively, “the Board”). On appeal, Flateau and Fielding argue the court erred in finding: (1) the South Carolina Tort Claims Act (Act) provided the exclusive remedy for Flateau and Fielding; (2) the Act’s two-year statute of limitations barred the…