Cooper v. County of Florence

Finney, Justice:

Naomi Cooper, in her capacity as conservator for petitioner Charles Cooper, a protected person, instituted this negligence action against respondent, County of Florence, for personal *410injuries sustained by petitioner when the vehicle driven by respondent’s employee, Ernest Turner, struck the petitioner, a pedestrian. The trial judge directed a verdict in favor of the respondent on the grounds that recovery was barred by petitioner’s contributory negligence. The Court of Appeals affirmed. See Cooper by Cooper v. County of Florence, 299 S.C. 386, 385 S.E. (2d) 44 (Ct. App. 1989).…