Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka Assistant Attorney General Melody J. Brown, of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, for Respondent, The State. Robert M. Dudek, Deputy Chief Appellate Defender for Capital Appeals, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant, Jonothan C. Vick. Harold W Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg, for Respondent, The State

This is a criminal matter in which Vick appeals his convictions of murder, first-degree criminal sexual conduct, and kidnapping, as well as his sentence of life imprisonment for kidnapping. Vick argues on appeal his convictions should be reversed based upon the trial court’s erroneous admission of hearsay testimony from a witness regarding a telephone conversation between the victim and appellant’s mother. He further contends, because he was convicted of murder, his kidnapping sentence should be vacated pursuant to South Carolina Code Ann. § 16-3-910.

Gregory M Alford, of Hilton Head Island, for Appellant, McPeake Hotels, Inc. Andrew F Lindemann, of Columbia, for Respondent, Town of Ridgeland, SC.

In this appeal from the grant of summary judgment, appellant asserts the trial court erred in failing to consider (1) appellant's grounds for inverse condemnation and (2) appellant's argument in support of an injunction. Appellant further asserts (3) the granting of summary judgment was premature and prejudicial because discovery had not been completed.

Harold A Boney, Jr., of Beaufort, for Respondent Ken H. Lester. Marquard H Lund, of Hilton Head Island, for Respondent, Glen P. Straker. Barry L. Johnson, of Okatie, for Respondent, Carl C. Hendricks, Jr. James S Gibson, Jr., of Beaufort, for Respondent, P. J. Tanner, Sheriff of Beaufort County. Charles E Carpenter, Jr., of Columbia, for Appellant, Carolyn Songer Austin.

In this dispute over the enforcement of a money judgment, appellant contends respondent is barred from asserting an interest in the funds at issue on the ground respondent's right to recover under the judgment had expired after ten years. Appellant further contends the master in equity erred in failing to divide the funds between the judgment creditors on a pro rata basis.

J. T Mikell, of Beaufort, for Respondent, Polawana Group, LLC. Glenn Walters, R. Bentz Kirby, of Orangeburg, for Appellants, S. Goodwine, R. Goodwine, S.F. Goodwine, and A. Goodwine.

Respondent Polawana Group, LLC, brought this declaratory judgment action against Appellants to determine the ownership of a parcel of land on Polawana Island in St. Helena Township in Beaufort County. Appellants challenge the determination of the master-in-equity that the parcel belongs to Polawana Group on the ground that the deed to Polawana Group was not entered into evidence.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Assistant Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr., of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, for Respondent, The State. Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant, Jamey Allen Reid. Christina T Adams, of Anderson, for Respondent, The State.

In this criminal case, appellant contends the trial court erred in failing to grant a directed verdict of acquittal, arguing the State failed to prove appellant committed an overt act in furtherance of attempted criminal sexual conduct with a minor second degree. Appellant also claims the trial court erred in refusing to charge criminal solicitation of a minor as a lesser included offense of attempted criminal sexual conduct with a minor second degree.

Andrew Kaplan, of Charlotte, NC, for Appellants Clarence T. Hamrick, III, and Clarendon National Kathryn Williams, of Greenville, for Respondent Susette Hieronymus, Employee, Jason A Griggs, of Greenville, for Respondent, The Hartford Insurance Company, Insurer.

In this workers' compensation case, Clarendon National Insurance Company argues the circuit court erred in affirming the Commission's findings that 1) Heironyumus sustained an injury by accident to her neck; Clarendon is liable for the alleged neck injury; 3) Heironyumus's claim against Clarendon was timely; and 4) the ganglion cyst in Hieronyumus's right hand was caused by or related to the right hand injury and subsequent surgery.

Robert L Buchanan, Jr., of Aiken, for Respondent Robert L. Buchanan, Jr., Adele J Pope, of Columbia, for Respondent Adele J. Pope, Ronald A Maxwell, of Aiken, for Respondents Terry Brown, Romunzo Brown, and Darren Lumar, David Bell, of Augusta, GA, for Respondents Terry Brown, Romunzo Brown, and Darren Lumar Stephen H. Brown, of Young Clement Rivers, LLP, of Charleston, for Respondent M&T, Robert Rosen, of Rosen Law Firm, LLC, of Charleston, for Respondents Tommie Rae Hynie Brown, Albert P Shahid, Jr., of Charleston, for Respondent Stephen Slotchiver, GAL of James James Brown, II Stanley G Jackson, of Aiken, for Respondent Albert Dallas and Alfred A. Bradley, Personal Reps. Louis Levenson, of Atlanta, GA, for Respondents Daryl Brown, Lindsay D. Brown, Janise V. Brown, Assistant Attorney General C. Havird Jones, Jr., of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, for Respondent South Carolina Attorney General's Office, Grace Lewis, of Atlanta, GA, for Respondent Georgia Attorney General's Office, James D Bailey, of Aiken, for Respondent Adele Pope & Robert Buchanan as PR of EST & Trst, Jan L Warner, of Columbia, for Appellant David Cannon Tressa T.H. Hayes, of West Columbia, for Respondent Adele Pope & Robert Buchanan as PR of EST & Trst

In this appeal, we are asked whether the circuit court had jurisdiction to issue a contempt order against Appellant. Assuming the circuit court did have jurisdiction, we must determine if the circuit court improperly held Appellant in contempt.

Justin S. Kahn, Ellis I. Kahn, of Charleston, for Appellant John Cammer as PR of Est of John R. Cammer, Sr. Robert H. Hood, Esq., Mary Agnes Hood Craig, Esq., Jennifer Nutter, Esq., of Hood Law Firm, of Charleston, for Respondent Thomas B. Ferguson, Jr., M.D.

In this medical malpractice action, Cammer asserts the trial court erred in finding Dr. Ferguson was an employee of a charitable organization and entitled to qualified immunity under § 33-56-180. Additionally, Cammer asserts the trial court abused its discretion in excluding certain expert testimony and in limiting the cross examination of Dr. Ferguson.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Senior Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs, Jr., of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, for Respondent The State. N. Douglas Brannon, of Spartanburg, for Appellant Bradley Dye. Harold W Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg, for Respondent The State.

Appellant Bradley Dye challenges his conviction for Second Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor. He argues that the trial court erred in failing to make specific findings on his background, experience, and conduct in determining that he voluntarily gave a written statement to law enforcement officials. Appellant also argues that the trial court abused its discretion in admitting the statement into evidence because it was obtained by improper influence.

Amy G. Steinmeyer, Esq., of Mike Kelly Law Group, LLC, of Columbia, and Michael Tanner ofr Bamberg, for Appellant, Mary W. Adams, Matthew R Cook, of Columbia, for Respondents Westinghouse SRS and Wausau Insurance Co.

In this workers’ compensation case, Appellant Mary Adams seeks review of the circuit court’s conclusion that her claim was barred by the statute of limitations, S.C. Code Ann. § 42-15-40, and by the doctrine of laches. Adams argues that Respondents Westinghouse SRS and Wausau Insurance Companies waived their right to assert any affirmative defenses to her claim, including the statute of limitations and laches, because they failed to file a timely response to her claim.

Thomas R Goldstein, of Charleston, for Appellant Jack Dorman. John M. Bleecker, of Charleston, for Respondent Henry Kuznik.

In this case involving a commercial lease, Dorman argues the trial court erred in granting Kuznik directed verdict on all of Dorman's counterclaims and in excluding Dorman's exhibits.

K. Lindsay Terrell, of Clarkson, Walsh, Rheney & Terrell, PA, of Greenville, for Appellant Western Carolina Regional Sewer Authority Manning Y. Culbertson, of Greenville, for Respondent Gene Richard Hughes, Jr., David Alexander, of Greenville, for Respondent Gene Richard Hughes, Jr.

This is an appeal of a civil action from Greenville County in which judgment was entered against Appellant. The case arises from an auto accident in which Appellant's agent caused a minor accident with no injuries; however, while waiting for police to arrive on the scene a third party negligently collided with Respondent's stopped car causing significant injury to the Respondent. Appellant alleges that the trial court erred by; (1) failing to grant motions for directed verdict and judgment notwithstanding the verdict , alleging its agents were not the proximate cause of Respondent's injuries due to the intervening negligence of the third party driver; (2) instructing the jury on S.C. Code Ann. §§ 56-5-5060 – 56-5-5100 (1976); and (3) denying Appellant's motion to reduce or set-off the jury's award by the $80,000 Respondent received from the third party for the same injuries.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Senior Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs, Jr., of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, for Respondent The State. Appellate Defender Elizabeth A. Franklin-Best, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant Ricky L. Hatcher. Jay E Hodge, Jr., of Cheraw, for Respondent The State.

Ricky L. Hatcher appeals his conviction for distribution of crack cocaine arguing the State failed to establish a complete chain of custody for the drugs seized from him during a police sting operation. Hatcher argues the admission of the evidence was error when each custodian of the drugs was not identified.

Deputy Chief Appellate Defender for Capital Appeals Robert M. Dudek, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant Randy B. Thomas. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Assistant Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr., of Office of the Attorney General, Warren B Giese, of Columbia, for Respondent The State.

In this criminal case, the appellant contends the trial court erred by: (i) ruling an alleged prior sexual assault of the victim was admissible as evidence of a common scheme or plan and to show appellant's motive or intent, (ii) admitting evidence where the State failed to demonstrate the chain of custody, and (iii) admitting the report of a police officer where the officer did not testify at trial and the report contained hearsay.

J. William Parker, III, D. Michael Kelly, of Myrtle Beach, for Respondent Ricky Rivka Cohen-Toledano. Weston Adams, III, Helen F. Hiser, Ashley B. Stratton, of McAngus Goudelock & Courie, LLC, of Columbia, for Appellant Kobi Zroya.

Appellants Kobi Zroya and Amit Kedem, operators of Expresso's Mini-Mart, appeal from a directed verdict as to liability in a negligence action brought by Ricky Cohen-Toledano. Appellants also allege the circuit court erred in failing to instruct the jury on comparative negligence and in refusing to grant its request for remittitur.

Lawrence C Kobrovsky, of Charleston, for Appellants Marvin Stewart, Pam Kusmider, Tara Lowery, et al. Alice F Paylor, of Charleston, for Respondent Charleston County School District.

Constituent District Number 20, a component of the larger Charleston County School District, appeals the master's order finding the Charleston County School District had the authority to determine the method for priority of enrollment at Buist Academy, a magnet school for Charleston County students that is physically located within the confines of Constituent District Number 20. Constituent District Number 20 also appeals the master's finding its due process rights were not violated in the conduct of the hearing before the Charleston County School District Board on this issue.

Allen J Barnes, of Columbia, for Respondent United Capital Funding Corporation, a Florida Corp. Lisa Bryan, of Hilton Head, for Appellant Lisa Bryan, an individual, d/b/a Technamax, pro se Jay M. Walker, of Tampa, FL, for Respondent United Capital Funding Corporation, a Florida Corp.

Lisa Bryan appeals the master-in-equity's denial of her motion to dismiss a Florida judgment against her recorded in South Carolina. Bryan argues the master erred in refusing to set aside the judgment because the Florida court lacked personal and subject matter jurisdiction and the Florida judgment is constitutionally defective.

Milton G. Kimpson, Ray N. Stevens, Harry T. Cooper, Jr., Nicholas P. Sipe, of S.C. Department of Revenue and Taxation, of Columbia, for Appellant SCDOR. David B. Summer, Jr., Faye A. Flowers, of Parker, Poe, Adams, & Bernstein, LLP, of Columbia, for Respondent Lexington County Health Services District et al.

The South Carolina Department of Revenue (the Department) appeals the Administrative Law Court's (ALC) determination that Lexington County Medical Center (Lexington Medical) was entitled to a refund of sales and use taxes under section 44-7-2120 of the South Carolina Code (2002). Additionally, the Department argues the Administrative Law Court erred in concluding that a general contractor could assign claims for refunds of sales taxes paid by another taxpayer to Lexington Medical.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Salley W. Elliott Assistant Attorney General, William M. Blitch, Jr., of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, for Respondent, The State. Tara Shurling, of Columbia, for Appellant Miama Kromah. Warren B Giese, of Columbia, for Respondent The State.

Miama Kromah appeals her convictions and sentences for unlawful neglect of a child and infliction of great bodily injury upon a child, arguing the trial court erred in: (1) permitting the State's witnesses to testify as to the actions they took as a result of hearsay statements made by the three-year-old victim who would have been incompetent to testify; (2) permitting the State to argue to the jury that the victim had been deliberately hidden away from the State, implying that the victim would have testified that Kromah committed this crime; and (3) denying Kromah's new trial motion based on after-discovered evidence.

Kenneth E Sowell, of Anderson, for Appellant-Respondents Phillip, Sally, Marian, Ken Howle Hugh L. Willcox, Jr., Edward A. Love, of Willcox, Buyck & Williams, PA, of Florence, for Respondent-Appellant Leslie E. Howle.

Phillip C. Howle, Sally Howle Ritchie, Mirian Howle, Ken Howle, and Sally Howle Ritchie, as personal representative of the estate of Cleonita W. Howle allege the master in equity erred in: (1) holding Leslie Howle did not assume the mortgage and Carolina Bank was not to assign such mortgage to plaintiffs but should have satisfied such, and that plaintiffs were not entitled to an order voiding that satisfaction and effecting an assignment of that mortgage to plaintiffs; (2) holding the attempted assumption was not effective because the original mortgagee was not advised of the attempted assumption; (3) finding a necessary party was not a party to the action; (4) finding that plaintiffs were not entitled to judgment against Leslie Howle based on breach of contract; (5) finding the statute of limitations prohibited this civil action even though the action was based on a contract in writing secured by a mortgage of real property; and (6) allowing Leslie Howle to present evidence of setoff and payment even though such was not pled in the counterclaim. Leslie Howle cross appeals arguing the master in equity erred in finding she was not entitled to an award based upon diminution in property value concerning the realty at issue due to Phillip Howle's filing of a lis pendens.

David B Wheeler, Phyllis W Ewing, of Moore & Van Allen PLLC, of Charleston, for Appellant AAG, Inc. and John Mancino, Individually, Robert C Calamari, of Myrtle Beach, for Respondent Springs and Davenport, Inc d/b/a HB Springs Co.

In this broker's commission contract case, AAG, Inc. appeals from the Master-in-Equity's order awarding Springs & Davenport $75,000 plus attorneys' fees for the sale of property, arguing the master erred by: (1) not finding the commission agreement was a modification of the original listing contract; (2) finding the commission agreement did not create a condition precedent to payment of the commission; (3) finding Springs' interest in the property did not terminate with the foreclosure sale; and (4) not finding the sale of the property to Clark Homes was the result of intervening events and not the result of any actions taken by Springs.

Capers G. Barr, III, of Barr Unger & McIntosh LLC, of Charleston, for Respondent Bobby T. Judy. Glenn Walters, Sr., R. Bentz Kirby, of Orangeburg, for Appellant Ronnie Judy.

In this civil case, we must determine whether the trial court erred by allowing the plaintiff to enter evidence of a verdict obtained against the defendant by a third party who was not involved in the case.

Edward L Graham, of Florence, for Appellant Jennette Canteen, Walter H. Barefoot, of Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, P.A., of Florence, for Respondents McLeod Regional Medical Center & PHT Serv., R. Hawthorne Barrett, of Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, P.A., of Columbia, for Respondents McLeod Regional Medical Center & PHT Serv.

Jennette Canteen appeals from the circuit court's order dismissing her appeal and remanding the case to the jurisdictional commissioner of the Workers' Compensation Commission, arguing the court erred by: (1) failing to find the Appellate Panel's decision and order is immediately appealable; (2) failing to find Canteen suffered from Asymptomatic Chiari I Malformation prior to July 2, 2001; (3) failing to find Canteen's fall injury aggravated her previously Asymptomatic Chiari Malformation; (4) finding no medical doctor provided evidence Canteen suffered a physical brain injury and disregarding the medical doctors' evidence; (5) disregarding evidence of Canteen's physical brain damage from herself and three neuropsychologists; (6) finding Dr. Kammer's testimony concerning brain damage was equivocal; (7) failing to affirm the Single Commissioner's finding that evidence proved physical brain damage causally related to Canteen's work injury; and (8) failing to affirm the Single Commissioner's award of lifetime compensation and lifetime medical care.