Arthurs Ex Rel. Estate of Munn v. Aiken County

PLEICONES, Justice:

Petitioner sued respondent, the Aiken County Sheriffs Department (Department), for negligence leading to the murder of petitioner’s sister (Deborah) by her estranged husband (Husband). The circuit court granted Department’s directed verdict motion, and the Court of Appeals affirmed. Arthurs v. Aiken County, South Carolina Sheriffs Dep’t, 338 S.C. 253, 525 S.E.2d 542 (Ct.App.1999). We granted certiorari to consider issues of duty and the continued viability of the “public duty rule” in light of the South Carolina Tort Claims Act (TCA), 1 and now affirm the decision of the…