Case Name: Kenneth HILTON, Appellant v. SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RAILWAYS COMMISSION, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1992-02-06
Citations: 307 S.C. 63
Docket Number: 
Parties: Kenneth HILTON, Appellant v. SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RAILWAYS COMMISSION, Respondent.
Judges: Moore, J., not participating.
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 307
Pages: 63–63

Head Matter:
Kenneth HILTON, Appellant v. SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RAILWAYS COMMISSION, Respondent.
(413 S.E. (2d) 845)
Supreme Court
Feb. 6, 1992.

Opinion:
ORDER
In Hilton v. South Carolina Public Railways Commission, 502 U.S. —, 112 S. Ct. 560, 116 L. Ed. (2d) 560 (1991), the United States Supreme Court held that the Federal Employers' Liability Act creates a cause of action against a state-owned railroad which is enforceable in state courts. It reversed our decision in this case and overruled the case of Freeman v. South Carolina Public Railways Commission, 302 S.C. 51, 393 S.E. (2d) 383 (1990). Accordingly, we remand this case to the circuit court for further proceedings not inconsistent with the opinion of the United States Supreme Court.
It is so ordered.
Moore, J., not participating.