Legal Opinion
Wooten Ex Rel. Wooten v. South Carolina Department of Transportation
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided April 7, 1997No. 2654PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CONNOR, Judge:
The jury awarded Rebekah Wooten and her mother, Margaret Wooten, verdicts stemming from an accident in which Rebekah was struck by an automobile. South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) appeals the denial of its post-trial motions. We affirm.
Facts
Normally twelve-year-old Rebekah Wooten, a student at Greer Middle School, rode the bus home from school. On February 10, 1992, she decided to walk because she had gone to discuss a grade with one of her teachers after school and had missed the bus. As she attempted to cross the intersection of Wade Hampton Boulevard and…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Townes Associates, Ltd. v. City of GreenvilleSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1976
- Baldwin v. State of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
- Cameron v. State of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
- Strange v. S.C. Department of Highways & Public TransportationSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1994
- Gambrell v. Travelers Ins. CompaniesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1983
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Pike v. South Carolina Department of TransportationSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2000
- Wooten ex rel. Wooten v. South Carolina Department of TransportationSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1999
- Skjervem v. Minot State UniversityNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2003
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