{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-15-78-50","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 15-78-50","heading":"Right of injured person to file claim; non-liability of governmental entity where employee would not be liable if a private person; injunctions against governmental entities.","body":"(a) Any person who may suffer a loss proximately caused by a tort of the State, an agency, a political subdivision, or a governmental entity, and its employee acting within the scope of his official duty may file a claim as hereinafter provided.\n(b) In no case is a governmental entity liable for a tort of an employee where that employee, if a private person, would not be liable under the laws of this State.\n(c) Nothing herein shall affect the power of a court of equity at the suit of a party complainant to enjoin unlawful acts committed by governmental entities or mandate lawful action by governmental entities.","path":["Title 15 - CIVIL REMEDIES AND PROCEDURES","CHAPTER 78 South Carolina Tort Claims Act"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t15c078.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:43:34Z","sha256":"d3d7b8294e87ba36cd20655232ef66f51935ba70b1f8d537f6b469879c6f52a7","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-15-78-40","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-15-78-60"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}