Colleton v. Charleston Water System

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that “the majority position is that a negligent supervision claim does not require physical harm,” and listing cases
• finding that allegations that defamatory statement “occurred in the workplace[] and was overheard by one or more CWS employees” was “still insufficient for notice pleading”
• dismissing allegation that the defamatory statement “was heard,” even if the court drew the inference that the statement was heard in the workplace
• “Defendants cannot be expected to defend against an allegation that [they] defamed [the plaintiff] by making a statement heard by unknown persons at an unknown place at an unknown time.”
• “Individual employees are not proper defendants for Title VII claims . . . .”
• same, for allegation that the speaker “was heard” when he made the statement

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

1 case in this archive cites this case.

• Ciara Kilburn and Brona Kilburn v. Bill Simmon and Vermont Community Access Media, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2025-06-20· cited 4×

Cites

28 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ashcroft v. Iqbal
  Supreme Court· 2009-05-18· cited 149,772×
• Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly
  Supreme Court· 2007-05-21· cited 146,720×
• Rovilma Diamond v. Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company
  Fourth Circuit· 2005-07-25· cited 9,244×
• Mathews v. Weber
  Supreme Court· 1976-01-14· cited 8,787×
• David E. Camby v. Larry Davis James M. Lester
  Fourth Circuit· 1983-10-03· cited 4,354×
• University of Tex. Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar
  Supreme Court· 2013-06-24· cited 3,582×
• Republican Party of North Carolina v. Martin
  Fourth Circuit· 1992-11-24· cited 1,890×
• Christine Evans v. Technologies Applications & Service Company
  Fourth Circuit· 1996-04-05· cited 1,812×
• Reya Boyer-Liberto v. Fontainebleau Corporation
  Fourth Circuit· 2015-05-07· cited 702×
• Elizabeth F. Smith v. First Union National Bank
  First Circuit· 2000-01-19· cited 498×
• Jones v. Calvert Group, Ltd.
  Fourth Circuit· 2009-01-05· cited 307×
• Margaret Nealon v. Michael P.W. Stone, Secretary of the Army, Clarence Thomas, Chairman, Equal Opportunity Commission
  Fourth Circuit· 1992-03-02· cited 212×
• J. DeMasters v. Carilion Clinic
  Fourth Circuit· 2015-08-10· cited 207×
• Kiesau v. Bantz
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2004-09-01· cited 134×
• Erickson v. Jones Street Publishers, LLC
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2006-04-10· cited 118×
• Degenhart v. Knights of Columbus
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1992-07-13· cited 78×
• James v. Kelly Trucking Co.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2008-03-10· cited 78×
• Holtzscheiter v. Thomson Newspapers, Inc.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-09-22· cited 75×
• Murray, v. Holnam, Inc. and Thomas Thornton, of Whom Holnam, Inc. Is
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2001-01-08· cited 60×
• Dickert v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1993-04-07· cited 43×