Court Opinion

ID: 9849291
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 04:37:58.882791+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:19:15.594208
License: Public Domain

Harwell, Justice
(concurring):
I concur with the majority opinion which allows the respondent to sue the State Board of Education for his daughter’s wrongful death under Section 59-67-710(1) (a), South Carolina Code of Laws (1976) and for the parents’ personal injuries under Section 59-67-710(1) (b). However, I believe that the doctrine of sovereign immunity is no longer justifiable and would prefer to abolish it altogether. See my concurrence with the dissenting opinions of Reed v. S. C. Department of Highways and Public Transportation, Opinion No. 21535, Smith’s 8/8/81 and Belue v. City of Spartanburg, Opinion No. 21470, Smith’s 6/1/81.