J. Kirkland Grant, of Charleston, for Appellant. Assistant Deputy Attorney General J. Emory Smith, Jr., of Columbia, for Respondent.

In this action pursuant to section 48-39-220 of the South Carolina Code Peter Grant argues the trial court erred in determining he failed to rebut the State’s presumptive title to the marshland surrounding his property.

M. Celia Robinson, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Assistant Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr., of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia.

Willie Albert Gilmore appeals his conviction for first-degree criminal sexual conduct, arguing the trial court erred in: (1) declining to charge the jury on the lesser-included offense of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, (2) allowing the victim to testify to two statements Gilmore allegedly made during the assault, (3) finding his prior second-degree burglary conviction was admissible for impeachment purposes, and (4) declining to limit a witness's testimony to the facts disclosed during pretrial discovery.

Rachel D. Erwin, of Blythewood, for Appellant. S. Murray Kinard, of Lexington, and John S. Nichols, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Rocco Capodanno was convicted of driving under the influence. Because the arresting highway patrolman did not produce evidence by the discovery deadline, the magistrate judge suppressed the Datamaster video, but admitted the test results. The judge also prohibited Capodanno from commenting on the absence of an incident video because the patrolman's car camera was inoperable at the time of the arrest. The circuit reversed and granted a new trial based upon its findings that the appropriate remedy was either suppression of the results and the video or no suppression at all, and that the magistrate erred by not allowing Capodanno to comment on the lack of an incident video. The State appeals arguing the circuit court did not apply the correct standard of review, the magistrate properly excluded the Datamaster video only, and the magistrate properly prohibited testimony on the lack of an incident video.

W. Thomas Lavender, Jr. and Joan W. Hartley, of Columbia, for Appellant. Amy E. Armstrong, of Pawleys Island, for Respondent.

Appellant MRR Highway 92, LLC (MRR) appeals from the denial by the Administrative Law Court (ALC) of its demonstration of need request pursuant to Regulation 61-107.17.D.3(a)-(c). MRR argues that the ALC did not have subject matter jurisdiction to hear Respondent EAGLE's request for a contested case hearing and that the ALC erred in failing to uphold the determination of the Department of Health and Environmental Control that MMR was entitled to a landfill permit.

Melissa Jane Reed Kimbrough, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Assistant Attorney General Melody Brown, of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Robert Cannon appeals his convictions for armed robbery and murder arguing that the trial court erred in: (1) denying his motion to suppress a statement he made to law enforcement regarding his involvement with the homicide, (2) denying his motion to halt the trial based on the disclosure of discovery after the start of trial, and (3) in admitting photographs of the victim taken during the autopsy and photographs of the crime scene.

Robert T. Williams, Sr. and Benjamin A. Stitely, of Lexington, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Assistant Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe, of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, for Respondent.

In this Fourth Amendment search and seizure case, Sandy Burgess argues the trial court erred in determining the police officer had reasonable suspicion to initiate a traffic stop and contends the drug evidence subsequently discovered should have been excluded from evidence.

Robert Guild, of Columbia, for Appellant Nazareth Baptist Church of Rock Hill. Amy Elizabeth Armstrong, of Pawleys Island, for Appellant York County. Susan Annelle Lake, of Columbia, for Respondent SCDHEC. Leon Carroll Harmon, of Greenville, and Joan W. Hartley, of Columbia, for Respondent C & D Management Company, LLC.

York County appeals the Administrative Law Court's order affirming DHEC's approval of a permit to C&D Management, LLC to build a construction and demolition landfill in York County.

David Michael Collins, Jr. and N. Douglas Brannon, of Spartanburg, for Appellant. Hattie Darlene Evans Boyce, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

Jekeithlyn Ross appeals the family court's order denying her alimony in which the court found Jekeithlyn failed to timely file her request for alimony.

Terry A. Finger, of Hilton Head Island, and Laurel Blair, of Greenville, for Appellant. Stephen Edward Carter, of Hilton Head Island, for Respondent Estate of Charles Galen Rider. Douglas Whitsett MacNeille, of Hilton Head Island, for Respondent Deborah Rider McClure. Daphne A. Burns, of Reno, Nevada, for McClure Respondents.

In this probate action, Carolyn S. Rider appeals the probate court's order that held certain securities were part of the estate of her deceased husband, Charles Galen Rider. She argues the probate court erred in reasoning those securities were not effectively transferred to her prior to her husband's death because (1) he issued an entitlement order regarding the securities before his death that made the transfer of the securities effective upon the date the order was made; (2) he and the bank that held those securities entered an agency agreement that provided "prior actions" of he and the bank were not affected by his death; and (3) his transfer of the securities constituted an inter vivos gift completed before his death.

John S. Nichols and Blake Alexancer Hewitt, of Columbia, and Bryan D. Ramey, of Piedmont, for Appellants. J. R. Murphy and John M. Grantland, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Appellants Douglas Earl Stiltner and Christine Rene Stiltner brought a declaratory judgment action against Respondent USAA Casualty Insurance Company, seeking reformation of the automobile insurance policy issued by USAA to Douglas Stiltner on the grounds that USAA failed to make a meaningful offer of underinsured motorist coverage (UIM). The parties filed cross-motions for summary judgment, and the trial court granted summary judgment to USAA, holding (1) USAA had made a meaningful offer of UIM coverage Douglas Stiltner and (2) Douglas Stiltner properly rejected coverage through the signature of his wife, Christine Rene Stiltner. The Stiltners appeal, arguing (1) there was a genuine issue of material fact as to whether Mrs. Stiltner was acting as Mr. Stiltner's agent when she signed the form rejecting UIM coverage on his policy and (2) even if Mrs. Stiltner had the authority to take action on Mr. Stiltner's insurance policy, there was a reasonable dispute as to whether she was acting within the scope of her authority.

Blake Alexander Hewitt, of Columbia, Robert V. Phillips, and Chad A. McGowan, of Rock Hill, for Appellant. Jamie R. Lebovitz, Ellen M. McCarthy, and Brenda M. Johnson, of Cleveland, OH, for Appellant. Susan Hofer and Payton Hoover, of Charlotte, NC, for Respondent Mena Aircraft Interiors, Inc. Michael Wilkes and Melissa Nichols, of Spartanburg, for Respondent Aircraft Belts, Inc. Russell T. Burke, of Columbia, Jim Hunt and Garth Aubert, of Los Angeles, CA, for Respondent Pacific Scientific Company.

This is a personal injury case arising from an aircraft crash. The Appellant appeals on the grounds that the trial court abused its discretion by denying the Appellant's request for additional time to conduct discovery to support personal jurisdiction over Respondents. Appellant also contends that the trial court abused its discretion in denying Appellant's request for leave to file a second amended complaint.

Charles E. Carpenter, Jr., of Columbia, for Appellant. Wesley Dickinson Peel, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Respondent V.E. Amick & Associates, LLC (Contractor) brought this breach of contract action against Palmetto Environmental Group, Inc. (Subcontractor) alleging Subcontractor failed to complete three contracts for the remediation of groundwater and soil in areas where underground petroleum storage tanks had leaked. The case went to trial and the jury returned with a verdict in favor of Contractor in the amount of $391,209.21. The trial court denied all of Subcontractor's post-trial motions and entered a judgment for the full amount of the jury's verdict. Subcontractor now appeals, arguing (1) the trial court erred in denying Subcontractor's motion for a directed verdict because Subcontractor's performance was excused due to Contractor's failure to hire a DHEC qualified engineer to certify Subcontractor's work and permit DHEC to issue payments, thereby frustrating the purpose of the agreement and making performance impossible; and (2) the trial court erred in denying Subcontractor's motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial nisi remittitur because Contractor will receive $137,650.00 in future contract payments from DHEC and this amount should have been offset from the jury's verdict.