South Carolina Court of Appeals, 1996

113 opinions

The STATE, Respondent v. Charlie S. SMITH, Appellant 1996-01-08
Christine LYBRAND, Respondent v. MERRILL, LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH, INC. and Norman T. COVAR, Appellants 1996-01-22
Elizabeth H. CANNON, Respondent-Appellant v. Philip B. CANNON and Vivian Ripley, Appellants-Respondents 1996-01-22
William Edward SPIVEY, Appellant v. D.G. CONSTRUCTION COMPANY and Wausau Insurance Company, Respondents 1996-01-22
Marie BUNKUM a/k/a Marie Sinclair Bunkum, Appellant v. MANOR PROPERTIES, a South Carolina General Partnership, and J. Al Cannon, Sheriff for Charleston County, Respondents 1996-01-22
Deborah Ann POOL, Appellant v. William R. POOL, Respondent 1996-01-22
The STATE of South Carolina, Appellant v. Melvin E. TOWNSEND, Respondent 1996-01-22
ANONYMOUS (M-156-90), Respondent v. The STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS, Appellant 1996-01-25
Jack MILLS, John R. Parker, and Parker Lincoln-Mercury, Inc., Respondents v. WILLIAM CLARKE JEEP EAGLE, INC., William Clarke Motors, Inc., and William Clarke Hyman, Appellants; Harold J. MICHAELIS (by assignment, now Allen-White Company), Respondent v. John R. PARKER, Jack M. Mills, and William Clarke Jeep Eagle, Inc., Appellants 1996-02-05
The STATE, Appellant v. John David TISDALE, Respondent 1996-02-05
The STATE, Respondent v. Kyle WATTS, Appellant 1996-02-05
MEDICAL PARK OB/GYN, P.A., Appellant v. Mike RAGIN, Peter Demos, Jr., and J. Munford Scott, Respondents 1996-02-05
SOUTH CAROLINA NATIONAL BANK, Respondent v. Devine BLOSSOM, a Limited Partnership, W. Croft Jennings, Jr., Individually and as General Partner, Theodore W. Crolly and Ann R. Jennings, of whom Devine Blossom, a Limited Partnership, W. Croft Jennings, Jr., Individually and as General Partner, and Ann R. Jennings are Appellants 1996-02-05
The STATE, Respondent v. Timothy Paul HARRY, Appellant 1996-02-05
The STATE Respondent v. Avery DAVENPORT, Appellant 1996-02-05
Michael W. SLEAR and Elizabeth A. Slear, Respondents v. Jethro HANNA and Watsons Riverside, Inc., of whom Jethro Hanna is, Appellant 1996-02-05
The STATE, Respondent v. Isaac LEWIS, Appellant 1996-02-05
The STATE, Respondent v. Mack Arthur SMITH, Appellant 1996-02-20
Michael W. ALLEN, Appellant v. SOUTH CAROLINA ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL COMMISSION; South Carolina Department of Revenue, Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control; and South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division (Successor Agencies to Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission), Respondents 1996-02-20
The STATE, Appellant v. Elmer OSBORNE, Respondent 1996-02-20
Camille RANSOM, III, Appellant v. SOUTH CAROLINA WATER RESOURCES COMMISSION, Respondent 1996-02-20
MADDUX SUPPLY COMPANY, Appellant v. A-C ELECTRIC CO., INC., Respondent 1996-02-20
Jane W. REVIS, Respondent v. Thomas C. BARRETT and Eunice E. Barrett, Appellants 1996-02-20
Patricia L. MORGAN, Employee, Appellant v. JPS AUTOMOTIVES, Employer, and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Carrier, Respondents 1996-02-20
The STATE, Respondent v. Jerome ARCHIE, Appellant 1996-03-04
The STATE, Respondent v. Elaine C. GULLEDGE, Appellant 1996-03-04
The STATE, Respondent v. Milton Lewis McCASKILL, Appellant 1996-03-04
The STATE, Respondent v. John Ervin MOYD, Appellant 1996-03-04
METRIC CONSTRUCTORS, INC., Appellant v. DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH of the SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING, AND REGULATION, Respondent, and South Carolina Occupational Health and Safety Review Board, Respondent 1996-03-04
Elizabeth M. SCOGGINS, Respondent-Appellant v. W. Richard McCLELLION and D.C. Bryson, D/B/A Anderson County Jockey Lot and Farmers Market, Appellants-Respondents 1996-03-04
UTILITIES CONSTRUCTION CO., INC., of South Carolina, Appellant v. Mary B. WILSON, Respondent 1996-03-04
The STATE, Respondent v. Bryant F. PEAY, Appellant 1996-03-04
Harold EADIE, Employee, Respondent v. H.A. SACK COMPANY, employer, and The Home Insurance Company, Carrier, Appellants; ESTATE OF Phillip Wayne NIX, Employee, Respondent v. H.A. SACK COMPANY, Employer, and The Home Insurance Company, Carrier, Appellants; Don Michael STANLEY, Employee, Respondent v. H.A. SACK COMPANY, Employer, and The Home Insurance Company, Carrier, Appellants 1996-03-18
The STATE, Respondent v. Jimmy Lee FOWLER, Appellant 1996-03-18
Payden SHAW and Juanita Shaw, Respondents v. ATLANTIC COAST LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and Atlantic Coast Life Insurance Company Employment Benefit Plan, Appellants 1996-03-18
Eileen C. BLYTH, Appellant v. Frank Lamar MARCUS, Respondent 1996-03-18
S.C. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, Appellant v. E.S.I. INVESTMENTS, a South Carolina General Partnership, and The South Carolina National Bank, Mortgagee; Protective Life Insurance Company, Mortgagee; The Associates Financial Services, Lessee; One Price Clothing $7 Store # 53, Lessee; Variety Wholesalers, Lessee; Pic n Pay Shoes of Charleston, Lessee; Custom Furnishings, Lessee; Book Exchange, Lessee; Carolina Casuals, Lessee; A Total Look, Lessee; Ace TV Rentals, Lessee; P.J. Suds-N-Wash, Lessee; Revco Discount Drug Centers of South Carolina, Incorporated # 1204, Lessee; and K-Mart # 9509, Lessee; Liquor Store, Lessee; Big Star # 2730, Lessee, and Other Condemnees, of Whom E.S.I. Investments is the Respondent; SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, Appellant v. E.S.I. INVESTMENTS, a South Carolina General Partnership, Landowner, and First Palmetto State Bank and Trust Company, Incorporated, Mortgagee and Other Condemnees, of Whom E.S.I. Investments is the Respondent; SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, Appellant v. E.S.I. INVESTMENTS, A South Carolina General Partnership, Landowner, and The South Carolina National Bank, Mortgagee, Protective Life Insurance Company, Mortgagees, of Whom E.S.I. Investments is the Respondent 1996-03-18
The STATE, Respondent v. Anthony DENNIS, Appellant 1996-03-18
The STATE, Respondent v. James M. EZELL, Appellant 1996-03-18
Sandra D. HOPSON, Appellant v. William L. CLARY, Jr., Respondent 1996-03-18
The STATE, Appellant v. Marcus A. FOWLER, Respondent 1996-03-25
Melanie Bolt ANDERSON, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Joe Shawn McLees, Deceased, Respondent v. GREEN BULL, INC., Appellant 1996-04-08
Daniel FORCE, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Terry Force, and Daniel Force, individually, Appellant v. RICHLAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Respondent 1996-04-08
The STATE, Respondent v. Susan Ann FLETCHER, Appellant 1996-04-15
The STATE, Respondent v. Ricky ABRAMS, Appellant 1996-04-15
Tyler E. NIX, Appellant v. COLUMBIA STAFFING, INC., a/k/a Quality Systems, Inc., Respondent 1996-04-15
Regina PRYOR, Appellant v. NORTHWEST APARTMENTS, LTD., and Boyd Management, Respondents 1996-04-15
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF SOUTH CAROLINA and First Union Brokerage Services, Inc., Respondents/Appellants v. FCVS COMMUNICATIONS, VSC Holdings, Inc., Walter K. Flynn, Murray Michaels, and Vodofsky Finance Co., Defendants, of which FCVS Communications is, Appellant/Respondent 1996-04-15
Janet T. SEXTON, Appellant v. Patrick B. SEXTON, Neely Hunter Sexton, Sr., and Neely Hunter Sexton, Sr., as Personal Representative of the Estate of Freida P. Sexton, Respondents 1996-04-15
Samuel B. HARRINGTON, III, Appellant v. Earl B. MIKELL, Jr., C.F. Carter, and Coldwell Banker Jenkins & Gallup Realtors, of whom C.F. Carter and Coldwell Banker Jenkins & Gallup Realtors are Respondents 1996-04-15
The STATE, Respondent v. Danny Lee CAMPEN, Appellant 1996-04-15
Vivian L. CRAWFORD, Respondent v. John W. CRAWFORD, Appellant 1996-04-15
John DOE, Appellant v. BERKELEY PUBLISHERS, d/b/a The Berkeley Independent, Respondent 1996-04-22
CAROLINA CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC., Respondent-Appellant v. Daniel B. MUCKENFUSS and Energen of Carolina, Inc., Appellants-Respondents 1996-04-22
The STATE, Respondent v. Wesley WREN, Appellant 1996-04-22
The STATE, Respondent v. Elwaldo Ronaldo JAMES a/k/a Donald Mitchell, Appellant 1996-04-22
The STATE, Respondent v. Roy Elise MURPHY, Appellant 1996-04-29
Peggy SCHENK, Respondent v. NATIONAL HEALTH CARE, INC., Appellant 1996-04-29
The STATE, Respondent v. Donnie AIKEN, Appellant 1996-04-29
John MOATES and Peggy Moates, Respondents v. Jason BOBB, Appellant 1996-04-29
Brenda DELTORO, Respondent v. Joe L. McMULLEN, Appellant 1996-05-01
The STATE, Respondent v. Kenneth Wayne EASLER, Appellant 1996-05-13
The STATE, Respondent v. Evelyn JENKINS, Appellant 1996-05-13
The STATE, Respondent v. Larry Don NELSON, Appellant 1996-05-13
In the Interest of CATRICE S., a minor under the age of seventeen, Appellant 1996-05-13
Joyce I. SMOTHERS and Bobby J. Smothers, Appellants v. UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY CO., Respondent 1996-05-13
The STATE, Respondent v. Mitcheal Jack HYMAN, Appellant 1996-05-20
Robert G. KNOX and Nellie J. Knox, Appellants v. Monty Joe BOGAN, Respondent 1996-05-28
James GILMER, both personally and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Mallie S. Gilmer, Appellant v. John W. MARTIN, M.D., Respondent 1996-05-28
Marcia K. MALLETT, Apellant-Respondent v. John C. MALLETT, Respondent-Appellant 1996-05-28
The STATE, Respondent v. Donald SINGLETON, Appellant 1996-06-06
Willie Lee LANGLEY, Respondent v. Richard GRAHAM, Appellant 1996-06-10
The STATE, Respondent v. Angela TAYLOR, Appellant 1996-06-10
James E. GASTINEAU, Respondent v. Leigh MURPHY, Individually, and as Executive Director of the Beaufort County Mental Retardation Board, Beaufort County Council, The State Department of Mental Retardation, Defendants, of whom The Beaufort County Mental Retardation Board is, Appellant 1996-06-10
Brenda D. BISHOP, as Guardian ad Litem for Bobbi Hatley ROBERTSON, Appellant v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, Respondent 1996-06-10
Richard STRICKLAND, Appellant v. BOWATER, INC., and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Respondents 1996-06-17
The STATE, Respondent v. Andris A. WRIGHT, Appellant 1996-06-17
The STATE, Respondent v. Graham Davie BRIDGERS, III, Appellant 1996-06-17
The STATE, Respondent v. Everette Leon WAKEFIELD, Jr., Appellant 1996-06-17
Zulfikar Y. MANJI, Appellant v. Jimmy D. BLACKWELL, Joan Blackwell, and Stephen V. Ford, successor to James E. Clayton, Delinquent Tax Collector for Spartanburg County, Respondents 1996-06-17
Joyce B. ANDERSON, f/k/a Joyce Anderson Tolbert, Respondent v. Edwin Elliott TOLBERT, Sr., Appellant 1996-07-01
The STATE, Respondent v. Robert Lee DRIGGERS, Appellant 1996-07-01
The STATE, Respondent v. James Tyrone BELLAMY, Appellant 1996-07-01
OHIO CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant v. Clifford and Mary HILL, Respondents 1996-07-01
Frank Charles KRAMER and Susan G. Kramer, Appellants v. Sharon Marcel Marsett KRAMER, Respondent 1996-07-01
Harry G. OCAIN, James Harold OCain, Patricia Ann O. Whetsell and Sandra K. Reid, Respondents/Appellants v. Lever H. OCAIN, Leroy A. OCain, Marion L. OCain, Lever H. OCain, Jr., and Glen H. OCain, Appellants/Respondents 1996-07-08
Sandy CLARK, Appellant v. Esther HARGRAVE, Holly Hall Associates Limited Partnership, Ashdale Homeowners and Landowners Association, William R. Warren, Judith C. Warren, Lawrence R. Coleman, Priscilla M. Coleman, William R. Hall, Cheryl M. Hall, Alfred P. Jenkins, Walter Thomas, Jean Brown, Charlene J. Munigualt (as Trustee of the Heirs of Sharper Gadsten); and also, the unknown adult heirs of the following deceased individuals: Maria Bailey, Russell Bailey, Realuia Bailey, Bero Bridget, and June Gadston, Defendants, of whom Holly Hall Associates Limited Partnership, is the Respondent 1996-07-08
The STATE, Respondent v. Randy BRIGHT, Appellant 1996-07-08
D. Ward WILSON, Decatur W. Wilson, II, Kevin Baltimore and Randy Allen, Respondents v. Richard H. FRIEDBERG and Royal Promotions, Inc., Appellants 1996-07-08
Doward FRASIER and Lorene Frasier, Respondents v. PALMETTO HOMES OF FLORENCE, INC., Appellant 1996-07-08
Wayne M. and Betty RUPPE, Individually, and Wayne M. Ruppe as Personal Representative of the Estate of Sonja K. Ruppe, Respondents v. AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant 1996-07-08
Jennie PERRY, Appellant v. The ESTATE OF John L. PERRY and Jack L. Schoer, Esquire as Escrow Agent, Respondents 1996-07-08
SORIN EQUIPMENT CO., INC., Appellant v. THE FIRM, INC., Respondent 1996-07-08
Charles FREEMAN and Mae Freeman Hall, Respondents v. Carl FREEMAN, Errol Freeman, Wanda Freeman Ravenel, John Freeman Jr., Lawrence Freeman, Kenneth Freeman, Marvin Freeman, Barbara Freeman Washington, Sophie Gathers, Beatrice Gathers Venning, Edward Gathers, Mary Alice Gathers, Gloria Freeman, if they be alive, and Richard Roe and Mary Roe, adults whose true names are unknown, John Doe and Jane Doe, infants, incompetents, persons under disability, or persons in the military service, if any, whose true names are unknown, these four names being fictitious names designating the unknown heirs, divisees, distributees, issues, executors, administrators, personal representatives, successors, and/or assigns of Lawrence Maxwell, John R. Freeman, Hardy Freeman, John Freeman, Mary Freeman Gathers, Walter Freeman, Fred Gathers, Palmer Gathers, and James Gathers, deceased, and also all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the Complaint herein; and The United States of America, by and through its agency, The Internal Revenue Service, Defendants, of whom Carl Freeman, Errol Freeman, Wanda Freeman Ravenel, John Freeman Jr., Lawrence Freeman, Kenneth Freeman, Marvin Freeman and Barbara Freeman Washington are, Appellants 1996-07-08
FIRE BAPTIZED HOLINESS CHURCH OF GOD OF THE AMERICAS, Respondent v. GREATER FULLER TABERNACLE FIRE BAPTIZED HOLINESS CHURCH, also known as Fire Baptized Holiness Church of Startex, and also known as Fire Baptized Holiness Church, Appellant 1996-07-08
Mary Joe MOORE and Charlotte Ann Smith, Appellants v. David E. SIMPSON, individually, and Kimball, Dove & Simpson, a partnership, including professional association, and Bayles B. Mack, individually, and Barron Mack, a partnership, including professional association, Respondents 1996-07-15
William S. MINTER, Jr., and William S. Minter, III, Appellants v. GOCT, INC., d/b/a Grease Monkey, Respondent 1996-07-15
Clarence M. ELLERBE, Jr., Appellant v. Lawanne F. ELLERBE, Respondent 1996-07-15
ANONYMOUS (M-156-90), Respondent v. The STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS, Appellant 1996-07-15
Anna Williamson BARNWELL, Appellant v. Frank Henry BARNWELL and The Frank Henry Barnwell Co., Inc., Respondents 1996-07-15
The STATE, Respondent v. Jody WASHINGTON, Appellant 1996-07-15
The STATE, Appellant v. Keith Antonio SCURRY, Respondent 1996-07-18
Jane DOE, Appellant v. Mary ROE and Sharonview Federal Credit Union, Respondents 1996-07-22
Linda OSTEEN, Appellant v. GREENVILLE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, Employer, and Self-Insurer, Respondent 1996-07-22
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent v. Robert Charles WHEATON, Robert Cox and Shelly Cox, Defendants, of whom Robert Charles Wheaton is, Appellant. In the Interest of Keri A. Vause, Christopher Cox and Heather Cox, Minors Under the Age of 18 1996-07-29
Michael W. RAKESTRAW, Appellant v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION 1996-07-29
Ex Parte John D. McLEOD, Respondent, In re ESTATE OF Lillian Evans KENNEDY, Appellant 1996-08-12
The STATE, Respondent v. Kenneth RODRIQUEZ, a/k/a Michael Frasier, Appellant 1996-08-12
Julie Ann ORR, Appellant v. ELASTOMERIC PRODUCTS and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Respondents 1996-08-19
Ruby E. BENTON, Respondent v. Joy LOGAN, Treasurer of Beaufort County, South Carolina; and Tidewater Investments, a Partnership, Defendants, of whom Tidewater Investments, a Partnership, is the Appellant 1996-08-19
Robert L. TOBIAS and Mary Ellen Tobias, Appellants v. The SPORTS CLUB, INC.; Hotel Associates, a Limited S.C. Partnership; The Ramada Hotel; Mallards; Interstate Management and Investment Corp.; E.L. Pooser; and Robert A. Dean, of whom Hotel Associates, a Limited S.C. Partnership; The Ramada Hotel; Mallards; Interstate Management and Investment Corp.; E.L. Pooser; and Robert A. Dean are Respondents 1996-08-19
Bruce Wade KELLY, Appellant v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS (now known as the Department of Public Safety), Respondent 1996-08-19
The STATE, Respondent v. Charles R. CARTER, Appellant 1996-09-23