Self v. SCDC

THIS OPINION HAS NO
PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY
PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

Travis Self, Appellant,

v.

South Carolina Department
of Corrections, Respondent.

Appeal From Marlboro County

Paul M. Burch, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-192

Heard January 25, 2012 – Filed March 14, 2012

AFFIRMED

John Wesley Locklair, III, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Andrew Foster McLeod, of Cheraw, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Travis Self
appeals the circuit court's order granting summary judgment in favor of the
South Carolina Department of Corrections on his gross negligence in failing to
provide adequate medical care cause of action.  We affirm pursuant to Rule
220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authorities:Rule 56(c), SCRCP (finding the trial court should grant summary
judgment "if the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and
admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no
genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to
a judgment as a matter of law"); J.T. Baggerly v. CSX Transp. Inc.,
370 S.C. 362, 369, 635 S.E.2d 97, 101 (2006) ("Proximate cause requires
proof of: (1) causation-in-fact, and (2) legal cause.").

AFFIRMED.

FEW, C.J., and THOMAS and
KONDUROS, JJ., concur.