Legal Opinion
Gamble v. Stevenson
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided June 24, 1991No. 23424PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chandler, Justice:
Southern Bell appeals a jury verdict in favor of Respondent Kevin Stevenson (Stevenson) for actual and punitive damages.
We affirm.
FACTS
On January 16,1987, Stevenson failed to stop at an intersection at which the “stop sign” had been removed; his car collided with one driven by Cellisa Gamble (Gamble) who had the right of way. The sign was found lying in an adjacent ditch.
The stop sign removal was occasioned by repairs to Southern Bell’s telephone cable line. Eighteen days prior to the accident, Thomas Brothers Construction Co. (Thomas), a subcontractor of Southern Bell,…
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