Stevens v. Allen

WALLER, Justice:

We granted a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals’ opinion in Stevens v. Allen, 336 S.C. 439, 520 S.E.2d 625 (Ct.App.1999). We affirm.

FACTS

Fifteen year old Kevin Marc Stevens was killed in a single car accident in the early morning hours of August 14, 1993, when the car in which he was riding struck a bridge and rolled down an embankment into a creek. Stevens drowned as a result. Twenty year old Edgar Daniel Allen was allegedly the driver of the vehicle. 1 The boys had been drinking and smoking marijuana prior to the accident. Stevens’ parents, Colleen and Gerald…