ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS

We granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals opinion in Davis v. South Carolina Department of Public Safety, 328 S.C. 578, 493 S.E.2d 871 (Ct.App. 1997), Pursuant to Thompson v. South Carolina Department of Public Safety, 335 S.C. 52, 515 S.E.2d 761 (1999), we now reverse.