Stevens v. Allen

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that every violation of a legal right imports damage and authorizes the maintenance of an action and the recovery of at least nominal damages, regardless of whether any actual damage has been sustained
• holding there is no duty-imposed on trial judge to question jury’s verdict of liability, but no damages, unless requested to by a party
• setting forth the prerequisites to an award of damages on a negligence claim
• “For this Court to reverse a case based on the admission of evidence, both error and prejudice must be shown.”
• when issue raised, trial judge should resubmit verdict assessing liability but awarding zero damages to jury with instructions to either find for defense or award some ¿mount of damages

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Ellis v. Davidson
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2004-03-01· cited 61×
• Harvey v. Strickland
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2002-07-01· cited 54×
• Proctor v. Department of Health & Environmental Control
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2006-03-20· cited 51×
• Burroughs v. Worsham
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2002-12-09· cited 28×
• Magnolia North Property Owners' Ass'n v. Heritage Communities, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2012-02-15· cited 26×
• Longshore v. Saber Security Services, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2005-07-25· cited 23×
• Kunst v. Loree
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2018-05-30· cited 22×
• Howard v. Roberson
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2007-12-20· cited 17×
• Bensch v. Davidson
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2003-04-28· cited 16×
• Campbell v. Robinson
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2012-05-09· cited 15×
• Dykema Ex Rel. Estate of Dykema v. Carolina Emergency Physicians, P.C.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2002-03-04· cited 11×
• Watts v. Metro Security Agency
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2001-07-02· cited 6×
• Boyle ex rel. Estate of Boyle v. United States
  D. South Carolina· 2012-03-09· cited 1×
• Pratt v. Amisub of SC, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2025-01-15

Cites

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

• Flynn v. Vancil
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1968-11-22· cited 141×
• Bishop v. South Carolina Department of Mental Health
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-06-08· cited 111×
• O'Neal v. Bowles
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1993-05-17· cited 80×
• McCourt by and Through McCourt v. Abernathy
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1995-05-01· cited 70×
• South Carolina State Ports Authority v. Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1986-07-21· cited 69×
• Rush v. Blanchard
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1993-02-01· cited 60×
• Santee Portland Cement Co. v. Daniel International Corp.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1989-06-05· cited 58×
• Tanner v. Florence County Treasurer
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1999-08-09· cited 52×
• Smith v. Phillips
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1995-06-12· cited 38×
• Kleckley v. Northwestern National Casualty Co.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-01-10· cited 37×
• Toole v. Toole
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1973-03-16· cited 32×
• Haley v. Byers Transportation Company
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1965-09-13· cited 32×
• Bullard v. Ehrhardt
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1984-12-04· cited 29×
• Stevens v. Allen
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1999-12-14· cited 28×
• Neal v. Wailes
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1959-11-10· cited 22×
• Stephens v. Draffin
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1997-06-09· cited 19×
• Rhodes v. Winn-Dixie Greenville, Inc.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1967-06-05· cited 15×
• Meenach v. Triple \E\ Meats, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1985-01-24· cited 13×
• Johnson v. Phillips
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1993-06-07· cited 11×
• Page v. Crisp
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1990-11-26· cited 10×