The Citizens and Southern National Bank of South Carolina, as Committee for Harry J. Tumbleston, Jr. v. Dickerson, Inc.

OREN R. LEWIS, District Judge:

The plaintiff was seriously injured when the automobile in which he was a passenger came in contact with a portion of the temporary guardrail the defendant had erected along the western edge of the Sammy Swamp Bridge.

The jury brought in a verdict in his favor in the amount of $260,000.00 actual and $5,000.00 punitive damages. Counsel for the defendant timely moved for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and, in the alternative, for a new trial. 1 The District Court denied the motions. This appeal followed.

We have carefully examined the transcript in this case…