Eagle v. Global Associates

Cureton, Judge:

Rodney J. Eagle commenced this negligence suit against Global Associates, a joint venture organized under California law. The circuit court granted Global’s motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under South Carolina’s Door Closing Statute, Section 15-5-150, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976. Eagle appeals. We affirm.

Eagle, a resident of Alameda County, California, was injured by a fall from a pallet in a warehouse owned by Global located on the Island of Kwajalein in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Eagle filed suit against Global for…