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FAUST v. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY DEPT.

Civ. A. Nos. 78-776, 78-778 and 78-780.

527 F.Supp. 1021 (1981)

Alean Hester FAUST, Administratrix of the Estate of Charles Lonnie Faust, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, Defendant, and United States of America, Defendant and Third Party Plaintiff. Tommy BENNETT, Plaintiff, v. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, Defendant, and United States of America, Defendant and Third Party Plaintiff. Curtis L. MULDROW, Plaintiff, v. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, and United States of America, Defendant and Third Party Plaintiff.

United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Charleston Division.

December 11, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Rushton, III, William P. Hatfield, Reginald C. Brown, Jr., and Peter D. Hyman, Florence, S. C., Hal Strange and Douglas L. Hinds, Georgetown, S. C., for plaintiff Faust.

D. A. Brockinton, Jr., Brockinton, Brockinton & Smith, P. A., Charleston, S. C., for plaintiffs Bennett and Muldrow.

Ellison D. Smith, IV, Charleston, S. C., Victor S. Evans, Deputy Atty. Gen., Columbia, S. C., for defendant S. C. State Hwy. Dept.

Heidi Solomon, Asst. U. S. Atty., Charleston, S. C., Rosemary Denson, Torts Branch, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant U. S. A.

HAWKINS, District Judge.

These cases consolidated for trial and heard by this court during its term beginning November 16, 1981, in Georgetown, South Carolina, arose as a result of an accident which occurred at the South Island Ferry in Georgetown, South Carolina, on December 11, 1977. Charles Lonnie Faust, the decedent, Tommy Bennett and Curtis L. Muldrow had been fishing in the waters of Winyah Bay and were attempting to return to the landing from which they had...

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