Title: Davis v. SCDPS

State: south-carolina

Issuer: South Carolina Supreme Court

Document:

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court Jackie Franklin Davis, Respondent, v. South Carolina Department of Public Safety, Petitioner. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS Appeal From Laurens County Thomas L. Hughston, Jr., Circuit Court Judge Opinion No. 24938 Heard March 16, 1999 - Filed April 19, 1999 REVERSED Senior Assistant General Counsel Patrick M. Teague and General Counsel Frank L. Valenta, Jr., both of South Carolina Department of Public Safety, of Columbia, for petitioner. William H. Nicholson, III of Nicholson & Anderson, of Greenwood, for respondent. p.27 DAVIS v. SCDPS PER CURIAM: We granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals opinion in Davis v. South Carolina Department of Public Safety, 328 S.C. 578, 493 S.E.2d 871 (Ct. App. 1997). Pursuant to Thompson v. South Carolina Department of Public Safety, Op. No. 24937 (S.C. Supreme Court filed April 19, 1999), we now reverse. p.28