Cutino v. Ramsey

Littlejohn, Chief Justice:

This case is pending in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. Pursuant to Rule 46 of the Supreme Court of South Carolina, the District Court has asked us to answer the following question:

Under § 15-3-10 and/or § 15-3-30 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, as amended, is the statute of limitations tolled against a non-resident defendant motor vehicle operator, or a resident operator who subsequently leaves the state and remains absent therefrom, by delivery of the summons, with intent that it should be served, to the sheriff in a…