South Carolina Court of Appeals, 2016

69 opinions

David M. REPKO, Appellant, v. COUNTY OF GEORGETOWN, Respondent 2016-01-06
Mark KELLEY, Respondent, v. David WREN and Sun Publishing Company Inc., d/b/a The Sun News, Appellants 2016-01-13
Paula RUSSELL, Appellant, v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., and American Home Assurance, Respondents 2016-01-20
The STATE, Respondent, v. Cleophus N. EDWARDS, Jr., Appellant 2016-01-27
Francis ACKERMAN, et al., Appellants, v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent 2016-02-10
Stephen SMALLS, Petitioner, v. STATE of South Carolina, Respondent 2016-02-10
Jomer HILL, Petitioner, v. STATE of South Carolina, Respondent 2016-02-10
The STATE, Respondent, v. Justin MCBRIDE, Appellant 2016-02-17
The STATE, Respondent, v. Marc A. PALMER, Appellant 2016-02-24
PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY FOR THE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, INC.; M.J.B. on behalf of and as next friend of J.B.; C.B.B. on behalf of and as guardian of P.B.; G.C. and L.C. on behalf of and as next friend of A.E.; J.H. on behalf of and as next friend of A.J.; G.M. on behalf of and as next friend of E.M.; N.M. on behalf of and as guardian of E.J.M.; R.P. on behalf of and as guardian of S.P.; R.R. and J.R. on behalf of and as guardians of K.D.R.; and J.K. on behalf of and as guardian of S.S.; Appellants, v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS; Dr. Beverly Buscemi, in her official capacity as Director of the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs; and Nancy Banor, Deborah McPherson, Christine Sharp, Rick Huntress, Fred Lynn, Harvey Shiver, and Kelly Hanson Floyd, as Commissioners of the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, Respondents 2016-02-24
Mae Ruth Davis THOMPSON, individually and as the appointed Personal Representative of the Estate of Eula Mae Davis, deceased, Respondent, v. PRUITT CORPORATION d/b/a UHS-Pruitt Corporation; UHS-Pruitt Holdings, Inc.; UHS of South Carolina-East, LLC; United Health Services of South Carolina, Inc.; United Clinical Services, Inc.; United Rehab, Inc.; Rock Hill Healthcare Properties, Inc.; Uni-Health Post Acute Care-Rock Hill, LLC d/b/a UniHealth Post Acute Care-Rock Hill, Appellants 2016-03-02
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, National Association f/k/a The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. as successor to JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A. s/b/m Bank One National Association as Trustee for RAMP 2002RS5, Plaintiff, v. Chartrease GRIER, Palmetto Health Alliance, and Palmetto Richland Memorial, Defendants; Chartrease Grier, Appellant, Nationwide Property & Casualty Insurance Company and Tonya D. Parks, Respondents 2016-03-02
Elizabeth L. SNOW (f/k/a Elizabeth S. Bell), Mark S. Campitella, Chrissie E. Campitella, Henry D. Gehlken, Sr., Vivian S. Gehlken, Kenneth W. Kelly and Anita B. Kelly, Stephen F. Linder, Sr., Jackie Bower Linder, and Kathryn A. McDaniel, appellants, v. Judson P. SMITH, Christy Brabham Bell, Charles S. Coleman, Jr., J. Thomas Coleman, Jacob C. Coleman, Valiska C. Freeman, George Arthur Stoudenmire, George Arthur Stoudenmire as trustee for the benefit of William E. Stoudenmire, Linda B. Stoudenmire, Stacey S. Dershaw f/k/a Stacy Mitchell Stoudenmire and Laura Brittany Stoudenmire, and Trust B Created by U/W Everett L. Stoudenmire and Valiska F. Coleman, respondents 2016-03-02
Richard WILSON, Michael J. Antoniak, Jr., Marsha L. Antoniak, Anita L. Belton, Prescott Darren Bosler, Johnny Calhoun, Sallie Calhoun, Cynthia Gary, Robert Wayne Gary, Eugene P. Lawton, Jr., Jeanette Norman, James Robert Shirley, Robert W. Spires, Crystal Spires Wiley, Lewis S. Williams, Janie Wiltshire, Benjamin Franklin Wofford, Jr., and Rebecca Hammond Wofford, Respondents, v. Laura B. WILLIS and Jesse A. Dantice, individually and as agents and/or brokers for Southern Risk Insurance Services, LLC, Travelers Casualty Insurance Company of America, Allied Property and Casualty Insurance Company, Peerless Insurance Company, Montgomery Mutual Insurance Company, Safeco Insurance Company of America, and Foremost Insurance Company; Southern Risk Insurance Services, LLC, Travelers Casualty Insurance Company of America, Allied Property and Casualty Insurance Company, Peerless Insurance Company, Montgomery Mutual Insurance Company, Safeco Insurance Company of America, and Foremost Insurance Company, Defendants, Of whom Peerless Insurance Company, Montgomery Mutual Insurance Company, and Safeco Insurance Company of America are the Appellants, and Of whom Laurie Williams is a Respondent 2016-03-02
Fred GATEWOOD, Appellant, v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent 2016-03-09
Vivian ATKINS, Robert P. Frick and Kay Hollis, in their official capacities as members of the Town Council of the Town of Chapin, Appellants, v. James R. WILSON, Jr., in his official capacity as Mayor of the Town of Chapin, Gregg White, in his official capacity as a member of the Town Council of the Town of Chapin, and the Town of Chapin, Defendants, Of whom James R. Wilson, Jr. and Gregg White are Respondents 2016-03-09
The STATE, Respondent, v. Tyrone J. KING, Appellant 2016-03-16
Peggy D. CONITS, Respondent, v. Spiro E. CONITS, Appellant 2016-03-16
HIDRIA, USA, INC., Appellant, v. DELO, d.d., d/b/a Slovenske Novice, Respondent 2016-03-23
The STATE, Respondent, v. Gerald BARRETT, Jr., Appellant 2016-03-23
The STATE, Respondent, v. Johnie Allen DEVORE, Jr., Appellant 2016-03-23
SOUTH CAROLINA INSURANCE RESERVE FUND, Respondent, v. EAST RICHLAND COUNTY PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT and Coley Brown, Defendants, Of whom East Richland County Public Service District is the Appellant, and Coley Brown is a Respondent 2016-03-23
NICHOLS HOLDING, LLC and J. Wade Nichols, Respondents-Appellants, v. DIVINE CAPITAL GROUP, LLC, John S. Divine, IV, Nathan Anderson, and Divine Dining Group, Inc., Appellants-Respondents 2016-03-30
The STATE, Respondent, v. George WHITE, Appellant 2016-03-30
Claude W. GRAHAM, Respondent/Appellant, v. TOWN OF LATTA, SOUTH CAROLINA, Appellant/Respondent; and Vickie B. Graham, Respondent/Appellant, v. Town of Latta, South Carolina, Appellant/Respondent 2016-03-30
The STATE, Respondent, v. Anthony BAILEY, Appellant 2016-04-06
Malia Ann FREDRICKSON, Respondent, v. Jeffrey Lawrence SCHULZE, Appellant 2016-04-13
The STATE, Respondent, v. Marcus Dwain WRIGHT, Appellant 2016-04-27
PALMETTO MORTUARY TRANSPORT, INC., Respondent, v. KNIGHT SYSTEMS, INC. and Robert L. Knight, Appellants 2016-05-04
Virginia L. MARSHALL and Todd W. Marshall, Appellants, v. Kenneth A. DODDS, M.D., Charleston Nephrology Associates, LLC, Georgia Roane, M.D., and Rheumatology Associates, P.A., Respondents 2016-05-04
Thomas EASTERLING, Appellant, v. BURGER KING CORPORATION and Capital Restaurant Group, LLC, Respondents 2016-05-18
The STATE, Appellant, v. Scott Eugene WILLIAMS, Respondent 2016-05-25
Charles GARY, Respondent, v. Hattie M. ASKEW, Will Outlaw, and Deboria Outlaw, individually and d/b/a Low Country Medical Transport; Low Country Medical Transport, Inc.; Eugene A. Kirkland; and American Medical Response, Inc. (d/b/a Access2Care), Defendants. Of whom American Medical Response, Inc. (d/b/a Access2Care) is the Appellant 2016-06-01
Martina R. PUTNAM, Petitioner, v. STATE of South Carolina, Respondent 2016-06-08
PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, INC., Appellant, v. Beverly A. H. BUSCEMI, Ph.D., in her official capacity as State Director, South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs and The South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, and Kelly Hanson Floyd, Nancy Banov, W. Robert Harrell, Rick Huntress, Deborah McPherson and Dr. Otis Speight in their Official Capacities as Members of the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs Commission, Respondents 2016-06-08
John DOE, Appellant, v. CITY OF DUNCAN, Respondent 2016-06-08
Wilkins Lee BYRD, Kay R. Larson, John Norwood Klettner, Laura K. Bynum, Ann B. Crump, Robert Larsen, Joan Rutledge Gary, John Robert Stanton, Charles E. Stanton, Byrd L. Thomson, and John Doe and Richard Roe as Representatives of all persons unknown claiming any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the appeal herein, including but not limited to any unknown owners, unknown heirs, unknown devisees of S.W. Byrd, Mary Moore Byrd, Etta B. Klettner, S. J. Klettner, Sr., Susan Wilkins Byrd, Mary M. Byrd, Joseph D. Rutledge, John R. Larsen, Charles E. Byrd, Jewel Butler Byrd, Wilkins Norwood Byrd, Ruth Byrd, Marian Moore Byrd, Mary K. Stanton, S. J. Klettner, Jr., Mary R. Larsen, John Rutledge Gary, Jewel Elizabeth Byrd, or any person, any unknown infants of persons under disability or persons in the military service designated in a class as Richard Roe, as to the property described in the petition herein and designated as Tax Map No. 076-00-02-004, Appellants, v. E. Butler MCDONALD, Respondent 2016-06-08
The STATE, Respondent, v. Matthew S. MEDLEY, Appellant 2016-06-15
Timothy MCMAHAN, Appellant/Respondent, v. S.C. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION-TRANSPORTATION, Employer, and State Accident Fund, Carrier, Respondents/Appellants 2016-06-15
WEST ANDERSON WATER DISTRICT, Appellant, v. CITY OF ANDERSON, South Carolina, Respondent 2016-06-15
In the MATTER OF the ESTATE OF Marion M. KAY. Edward D. Sullivan, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Marion M. Kay, Appellant-Respondent, v. Martha Brown and Mary Moses, Respondents-Appellants 2016-06-15
Meredith HUFFMAN, Appellant, v. SUNSHINE RECYCLING, LLC and Aiken Electric Cooperative, Inc., Respondents 2016-06-22
Darryl FRIERSON, Petitioner, v. STATE of South Carolina, Respondent 2016-06-29
Gary G. HARRIS, Appellant, v. TIETEX INTERNATIONAL LTD., Respondent 2016-06-29
ARKAY, LLC and Robert R. Knoth, Respondents, v. CITY OF CHARLESTON, City of Charleston Board of Zoning Appeals, Andrew Pinckney Inn, and Michael A. Molony, Appellants 2016-06-29
COASTAL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Appellant, v. Angel Latoria BROWN, Respondent 2016-06-30
Ashley NOOJIN, Appellant, v. Frank NOOJIN, III, Respondent 2016-07-06
Jonetha SINGLETON, Appellant, v. Starshaka N. CUTHBERT, Respondent 2016-07-06
Janette BUCHANAN and Shana Smallwood, Individually and as Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of James S. Buchanan, Respondents, v. THE SOUTH CAROLINA PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION, Appellant 2016-07-13
Carolyn TAYLOR-CRACRAFT, Appellant, v. Gerald CRACRAFT, Respondent 2016-07-13
Tina G. MCMILLAN, Respondent, v. Jimmy D. MCMILLAN, Appellant 2016-07-13
SPARTANBURG BUDDHIST CENTER OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Respondent, v. Ron ORK and Luke Dong, Appellants; Ron Ork and Luke Dong, Third Party Plaintiffs, v. Chivin Sun, Robert Pek, Sakhan Sok, Sambo Khieav, Sophay Pres, and Tommy Ong, Third Party Defendants 2016-07-13
The STATE, Respondent, v. Roy Lee JONES, Appellant 2016-07-20
The STATE, Respondent, v. Jason Randall MORGAN, Appellant 2016-07-20
Lori Dandridge STONEY, Appellant, v. Richard S.W. STONEY Sr., Defendant/Respondent, and Theodore D. Stoney Jr., Third-Party Intervenor/Respondent 2016-07-27
Wilfred Allen WOODS, Respondent, v. Etta Catherine WOODS, Appellant 2016-07-27
THE CALLAWASSIE ISLAND MEMBERS CLUB, INC., Respondent, v. Ronnie D. DENNIS and Jeanette Dennis, Appellants 2016-08-03
The STATE, Respondent, v. Joshua William PORCH, Appellant 2016-08-03
Lynne VICARY, Kent Prause, and South Carolina Coastal Conservation League, Respondents, v. TOWN OF AWENDAW, and EBC, LLC, Defendants, Of whom Town of Awendaw is the Appellant 2016-08-03
Daniel B. DORN, in his capacity as the Parent and Natural guardian of E.D., R.D., and Y.D., Appellant, v. Paul S. COHEN and Susan Cohen, Individually and in their capacity as the Co-Conservators of the person of Abbie Ilene Dorn, a protected person and ward, and in their capacity as Co-Trustees of the Abbie Dorn Special Needs Trust, Respondents; Paul S. Cohen, M.D. and Susan Cohen, Respondents, v. E.D., R.D., and Y.D., The Living Issue of Abbie Ilene Dorn, and the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Respondents below, Of whom E.D., R.D., and Y.D., The Living Issue of Abbie Ilene Dorn are the Appellants, and The South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is a Respondent. In Re The Abbie Dorn Special Needs Trust 2016-08-03
THE WINTHROP UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES FOR THE STATE of South Carolina, Respondent, v. PICKENS ROOFING AND SHEET METALS, INC., Appellant 2016-08-03
FIRST SOUTH BANK, Respondent, v. John E. ROSENBERG and Philip J. Brust, Defendants, Of whom the Estate of Philip J. Brust is the Appellant 2016-08-03
THE GATES AT WILLIAMS-BRICE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION and Katharine Swinson, individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Respondents, v. DDC CONSTRUCTION, INC.; Kapasi Glass Mart, Inc.; DMC Consolidated, Inc.; DMC Builders, Co., Inc., individually and d/b/a The Dinerstein Companies, DC Developers-Columbia Condos, Inc.; Columbia Condos, LP; DMC Developers I, Ltd.; 31-W Insulation Company, Inc.; Associated Concrete Contractors, Inc.; Bailey Electric Company, LLC; C&B Utilities, LP; Carolina Floor Systems, Inc.; Century Fire Protection, LLC; Cherokee Inc.; Coronado Stucco, LP; Cross Plains Custom Tile, Inc.; Lowry Construction & Framing Inc.; LTB Construction, Inc.; Martin Morales Jr. Painting & Drywall, LLC; Metal Construction Materials, Inc.; Southwest Ironworks, Inc.; The Clerkley/Watkins Group, LP; Tindall Corporation; Triad Pest Control, Inc.; Wyman Acoustics LLC; Alenco Holding Corporation, Alenco Window GA, LLC, New AlencoWindow, Ltd.; AWC Holding Company; Crosby Window, Inc., f/k/a/ Action WinDoor Technology, Inc.; Geo-Systems Design & Testing, Inc.; HGE Consulting, Inc.; Maintenance Builders Supply, Ltd.; SCA Engineers, Inc.; Sinclair & Associates, Inc.; Faultless Hardware, individually and d/b/a Pamex Inc.; T & M Concrete, Inc.; Loveless Commercial Contracting, Inc.; Economy Waterproofing, Inc.; BMC West Corporation; Highway One Construction, Inc.; J.I. Windows LLC; Dietrich Industries, Inc., a/k/a Dietrich Metal Framing, Inc. n/k/a Clarkwestern Dietrich Building Systems LLC; Best Masonry and its successor in interest, OldCastle APG; Headwaters, Inc. d/b/a Best Masonry; and John Doe #1-10, Defendants, Of Whom DDC Construction, Inc. and Columbia Condos, LP, are the Appellants 2016-08-31
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, Respondent, v. MEENAXI, INC., d/b/a Corner Mart, Appellant 2016-09-07
MILLER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, LLC, Respondent/Appellant, v. PC CONSTRUCTION OF GREENWOOD, INC. and Safeco Insurance Company of America, Appellants/Respondents 2016-09-14
Otha DELANEY, Appellant, v. FIRST FINANCIAL OF CHARLESTON, INC., Respondent 2016-09-28
The STATE, Appellant, v. Steven Hoss WALTERS, Jr., Respondent 2016-09-28
The STATE, Respondent, v. David A. LAND, Appellant 2016-09-28
ROSE ELECTRIC, INC., Appellant, v. COOLER ERECTORS OF ATLANTA, INC., Southern Produce, Inc., S2P, LLC, Certified Development Corporation of South Carolina, Senn Bros., Inc., Custom Concrete of Lexington, Inc., and James Dunlap d/b/a Dunlap Services, Defendants, Of whom Southern Produce, Inc., and S2P, LLC, are the Respondents 2016-09-28