Harry L. Goldberg and Robert S. Phillips, both of Finkel & Altman, of Columbia, for appellant. Warren C. Powell, Jr., and Ronald E. Robbins, both of Bruner, Powell, Robbins, Wall & Mullins, of Columbia, for respondent.

The Town of Olanta brought this malpractice action against an attorney who drafted a wastewater treatment contract between the Town and the City of Lake City. The trial court determined the statute of limitations on this claim began to run at the latest when the trial court in the litigation over the contract rendered its decision and thus the Town’s action was not timely. On appeal, the Town argues the statute of limitations did not begin to run until the South Carolina Supreme Court issued its opinion in the contract dispute.

Mark Weston Hardee, of Columbia, for petitioner. Ronald E. Boston, of Columbia, for respondents.

This case involves the question of whether the trial court erred in failing to set aside a default judgment and in entering an award for damages when the material evidence offered did not support the award and the damages awarded exceeded the amount requested.

Douglas Gay, of Gay & Walters, of Rock Hill, for appellants. S. Jackson Kimball, III, of Rock Hill, for respondent.

In this appeal from a mechanic’s lien foreclosure action the Appellant argues the trial court erred: (1) by including profit and overhead for the entire contract in the amount of the mechanic’s lien; and (2) in finding the Respondent prevailed in the action and awarding attorney’s fees to the Respondent.

Joseph P. Brennan and James V. Painter, both of Savannah, GA, for appellant. James B. Richardson, Jr., of Richardson & Birdsong; James M. Griffin, of Simmons & Griffin; and Richard A. Harpootlian, all of Columbia, for respondent.

In this malpractice action, Doctor appeals a jury verdict awarding plaintiff $250,000 actual and $750,000 punitive damages. Doctor argues, among other things, that the trial court erred in denying his motions for directed verdict and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict because there was no evidence of the applicable standard of care nor was there evidence of any causal connection between any act or omission by him and the injuries claimed by the plaintiff. Doctor further argues that there was no evidence to support a claim of punitive damages and that the court made numerous reversible errors.

Mark A. Brunty, of Myrtle Beach; G. Michael Smith, of Conway; and Julio E. Mendoza, Jr., of Nexsen, Pruet, Jacobs & Pollard, of Columbia, for appellant. John Hamilton Smith and Stephen P. Groves, Sr., both of Young, Clement, Rivers & Tisdale, of Charleston; Elizabeth Warner; John Samuel West, both of Moncks Corner; and Francis B.B. Knowlton, of Nelson Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, of Columbia, for respondent.

This case involves whether property granted in fee simple determinable subject to a condition subsequent may be re-entered and re-claimed by the grantor without the grantor being subject to a mechanic’s lien when the land was encumbered by the determinable estate holder.

William E. Booth, III, of Columbia, for appellant. William P. Walker, Jr., Edward C. Boggs and S. Murry Kinard, all of Walker, Morgan & Kinard, of Lexington, for respondents.

A contest over the ownership of a small tract of land.

Andrew K. Epting, Jr., G. Trenholm Walker and Matthew D. Hamrick, all of Pratt-Thomas, Epting & Walker, of Charleston, for appellants. John G. Frampton, of Chellis & Frampton, of Summerville; Samuel W. Howell, IV, of Charleston; Joseph Dawson, III; Bernard Eugene Ferrara, Jr., both of N. Charleston; and Murrel Clifton Scott, Jr., of Columbia, for respondents.

Involves the jurisdiction of the Administrative Law Judge Division in certain tax-related cases and the proper method of calculating interest on delinquent tax sales.

Alex B. Cash and Donald B. Clark, both of Rosen, Rosen & Hagood, of Charleston, for appellants. Susan Ann Teschner; Robert B. Wallace, of Wallace & Wallace; and R. Bruce Wallace, of Nexsen, Pruet, Jacobs, Pollard & Robinson, all of Charleston, for respondent.

Involves the ownership of an airplane in a contest between the decedent’s estate and a corporation.

Coming B. Gibbs, Jr., and Jeffrey A. Barnwell, both of Gibbs & Holmes, of Charleston, for appellants. Kathryn Thomas and Christopher W. Johnson, both of Gignilliat, Savitz & Bettis, of Columbia, for respondents.

This civil action involves whether the Circuit Court abused its discretion under Rule 12(b)6), SCRCP, by holding as a matter of law that the appellants' claims were barred by the two-year statute of limitations South Carolina Tort Claims Act.

Hamilton Osborne, Jr., and James Y. Becker, both of Haynsworth, Sinkler & Boyd, of Columbia, for appellant. Daniel J. Westbrook and Courtney Crook Shytle, both of Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, of Columbia, for respondent.

This case concerns an appeal from a grant of summary judgment to Siemens Medical Systems on a cause of action for unfair trade practices.

James B. Richardson, Jr., of Richardson & Birdsong, of Columbia; and H. Ray Ham, of W. Columbia, for appellant. Thomas S. White, of Haynsworth, Sinkler & Boyd, of Charleston, for respondent.

This case concerns an appeal from a master’s forclosure on an alleged lien that was security for a special assessment made by DeBordieu Colony Community Association, Inc. on Wingate’s home.

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of SC Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for appellant. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka and Assistant Attorney General Derrick K. McFarland; and Solicitor Warren Blair Giese, all of Columbia, for respondent.

This case involves whether certain evidence should have been admitted, pursuant to Rules 404(b) & 609, SCRE, in a murder trial.

H. Clayton Walker, Jr., and Robert L. Reibold, both of Swagart, Walker, Martin & Reibold, of Columbia, for appellant. Donald Higgins Howe; and Walter Bilbro, Jr., both of Charleston, for Respondent.

This case arises from a jury verdict against Evanston, Inc., holding Evanston liable for injuries Webb sustained when attacked by Kilcoyne’s dog. The issue on appeal concerns whether a landlord can be held liable when one tenant’s dog attacks another tenant.

Tara Shurling, of Columbia, for appellant. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson and Senior Assistant Attorney General Norman Mark Rapoport, all of Columbia; and Solicitor John Gregory Hembree, of Conway, for respondent.

Roberts was convicted of kidnapping, possession of a firearm by a person convicted of a violent crime, and first degree criminal sexual conduct. Roberts appeals the convictions.

Assistant Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, of SC Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for appellant. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson and Senior Assistant Attorney General Norman Mark Rapoport; and Solicitor Warren Blair Giese, all of Columbia, for respondent.

Appellant appeals his convictions for armed robbery and attempted armed robbery, arguing the trial court erred in (1) denying his motion to suppress irrelevant character evidence regarding his drug use, and (2) instructing the jury regarding the reliability of different identification methods.