Thomas v. South Carolina Department of Highways & Public Transportation

Goolsby, Judge:

John C. Thomas brought this action against the South Carolina Department of Highways and Transportation under the South Carolina Tort Claims Act, S.C. Code Ann. § 15-78-10 (Supp. 1994). A motorist whose motor vehicle registration had been suspended ran over Thomas, severely injuring him. The trial court granted the Department a directed verdict, holding the Department’s failure to recover the motorist’s license plates and motor vehicle registration was not a proximate cause of Thomas’s injuries. The issue on appeal concerns the appropriateness of the trial court’s grant of a…