Nance v. State Board of Education

Ness, Justice.

Appellant State Board of Education appeals from an order overruling its demurrer to respondent’s complaint. We affirm.

Respondent’s decedent, Shawn Ellen Nance, was struck and killed by a school bus. Respondent proceeded under the Wrongful Death Act, S. C. Code § 15-51-10 (1976), and S. C. Code § 59-67-710 (1976) seeking money damages for the death of the decedent and the personal injuries suffered by the decedent’s parents, of whom respondent was father. Appellant demurred on the basis that the respondent could not recover for the wrongful death of his daughter and for the…