Andrew Sims Radeker, of Harrison, Radeker & Smith, P.A., of Columbia, for Petitioner. Thomas Kennedy Barlow, of Halligan Mahoney Williams Smith Fawley & Reagle, PA, of Columbia, for Respondent.

We granted a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals decision in K.S. by & through Seeger v. Richland Sch. Dist. Two, Op. No. 2022-UP-312 (S.C. Ct. App. filed July 27, 2022). We will review whether the court of appeals erred in (1) affirming the grant of a directed verdict to Richland School District Two (the District) on Petitioner's negligence claims and (2) creating a new, unfounded standard for mental injuries in negligence cases. We will also review whether the Safe Climate Act superseded the South Carolina Tort Claims Act and whether the circuit court erred in excluding Petitioner's expert witness.

Appellate Defender Joanna K. Delany, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe, of Columbia, both for Respondent.

The Court granted a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in In re Care & Treatment of Griffin, 434 S.C. 338, 863 S.E.2d 346 (Ct. App. 2021).

Appellate Defender David Alexander, of Columbia; and Jason Scott Luck, of Bennettsville, both for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Melody Jane Brown and Assistant Attorney General Julianna E. Battenfield, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Scarlett Anne Wilson, of Charleston, all for Respondent.

We granted a petition for a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' opinion in State v. Davis-Kocsis, 436 S.C. 468 (Ct. App. 2022). Davis-Kocsis argues the trial court erred by (1) sentencing her for kidnapping under section 16-3-910 of the South Carolina Code (2015), and (2) admitting the recording of a 911 call in violation of Rule 403, SCRE.

Nancy Bloodgood and Lucy Clark Sanders, of Mt. Pleasant; Christopher James Bryant, of Columbia; and Susan K. Dunn, of Charleston, all for Petitioners. Senior Assistant City Attorney Jacqueline Marie Pavlicek and W. Allen Nickels, III, of Nickles Law Firm, both of Columbia, for Respondent.

We granted certiorari to determine whether the court of appeals erred in affirming a trial court finding that Petitioners, a group of retired City of Columbia firefighters, had not proven their promissory estoppel claim against the City regarding lifetime health insurance benefits.