Carter v. JORDAN OIL CO., INC.

In this negligence action brought by Petitioner Samuel H. Carter (Carter), the Court of Appeals reversed the trial court’s denial of a motion for directed verdict made by Respondent R. L. Jordan Oil Company, Inc. (Jordan). We granted a writ of certiorari and now reverse the Court of Appeals.

Reference is had to Carter v. R. L. Jordan Oil Co., 294 S. C. 435, 365 S. E. (2d) 324 (Ct. App. 1988) for the facts of this litigation.

The dispositive issue involves whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that Carter’s witness, Joe Larry Scott, did not testify as to pretrip inspection practices of…