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ANDERSON v. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS

No. 2296.

454 S.E.2d 353 (1995)

Jean M. ANDERSON, Respondent, v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided January 30, 1995.

Rehearing Denied March 10, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Carpenter, Jr., and Deborah Harrison Sheffield both of Richardson, Plowden, Grier & Howser, Columbia; and Patrick M. Higgins of Howell, Gibson & Hughes, Beaufort, for appellant.

R. Thayer Rivers, Jr., of Ridgeland, for respondent.

CONNOR, Judge:

The South Carolina Highway Department appeals the trial judge's grant of a new trial to Jean M. Anderson after a jury found for the Department in a personal injury action. We reverse.

Jean Anderson fell on a sidewalk at the post office in Ridgeland, South Carolina. Rainwater runoff had caused a two- to fourinch drop-off from the sidewalk to the dirt area between the sidewalk and the curb. It was raining and Anderson was carrying both an umbrella...

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