Belton v. State

HUFF, Judge:

This appeal arises from Appellant’s acceptance of a Rule 68, SCRCP offer of judgment from Respondent in an action brought under the Whistleblower Act, S.C.Code Ann. § 8-27-30 (Supp.1989). The lower court denied Appellant’s petition for attorney’s fees. We affirm.

*424FACTS

Much of the ten year procedural history of this case is set forth in Belton v. State, 313 S.C. 549, 443 S.E.2d 554 (1994). After that decision, Felicia Nadine Belton realleged a violation of the Whistleblower Act against the South Carolina State Housing Authority in an amended complaint, as authorized by the Supreme…