Court Opinion

ID: 9573133
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 20:48:19.626578+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:37:31.263153
License: Public Domain

Ness, Justice
(dissenting) :
I dissent. The statute in question states “ — or any other injury of loss that a person may suffer to his person or property that would be actionable at law if inflicted by or through the fault of a private person — .” (Emphasis supplied).
I conclude this act places the State in the same position as a private person. Certainly if the appellant were instituting an action against a private person for loss of consortium, it would not be demurrable. Hughey v. Ausborn, 249 S. C. 470, 154 S. E. (2d) 839, 25 A.L.R. (3d) 1406 (1967).
I would reverse the order of the trial court and remand.
Gregory, J., concurs.