Steven M. Krause and Mary C. McCormac, both of Krause & Moorhead, of Anderson, for appellant. Richard J. Morgan and Reginald W. Belcher, both of McNair Law Firm, of Columbia, for respondent.

Smalls v. Fuji Photo--In this employment law case, Smalls appeals the circuit court’s dismissal of his actions against Fuji Photo Film, Inc. for breach of contract and breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

R. Wade Marionneaux and Voris E. Johnson, Jr., both of Atlanta, GA; J. Rutledge Young, III, and Tom Wills, both of Charleston; and Clinch H. Belser, Jr., of Belser & Belser of Columbia, for appellants. Thomas S. Tisdale, Stephen Brown and Stephen P. Groves, all of Young, Clement, Rivers & Tisdale, of Charleston, for Respondents.

This appeal challenges the trial court's refusal to compel arbitration in a lawsuit filed against multiple defendants seeking damages for termite damage allegedly caused by the defendants' defective termite control measures.

Robert M. Cook II, of Batesburg-Leesville, for appellant. Steven Eric Goldberg, of Charleston, for respondent; and Laverne Poston, of Pamplico, pro se.

This workers’ compensation case presents the jurisdictional issue of the number of employees on the employer’s payroll and also the question of whether the Uninsured Employers’ Fund is principally or only derivatively liable when the employer is uninsured.

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, 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 Assistant Attorney General Deborah R. J. Shupe, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Walter M. Bailey, Jr., of Summerville, for respondent.

This cases considers whether the trial court erred by overruling appellant's objections to the State's closing argument, during which the solicitor allegedly disparaged counsel for the defense and improperly referred to preliminary examinations of the case by, among others, the police, a magistrate, and a grand jury

Ellen H. Goodwin, of Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, of Columbia, for appellant. Joseph Hubert Wood, III, of Charleston, for respondent.

This workers’ compensation case is a contest between two carriers centering on whether a second occurrence was an injury by accident within the contemplation of the workers’ compensation act.

W. H. Bundy, Jr., of Smith, Bundy, Bybee & Barnett, of Mt. Pleasant, for appellant. E. Warren Moise, of Grimball & Cabaniss, of Charleston, for respondent.

Andrews v. Swinton: In this civil appeal from a jury verdict in favor of Andrews, Swinton alleges the trial court erred in admitting evidence of her previous driving record.

W.E. Jenkinson, III, Jennifer R. Kellahan and Ernest J. Jarrett, all of Jenkinson & Jenkinson, of Kingstree, for petitioners. Larry G. Reddeck, of Nettles, Turbeville & Reddeck, of Lake City, for respondent.

Williamsburg Rural, a non-profit water and sewer company, challenges the City’s decision to award the Town of Kingstree the right to provide water and sewer services in an area that Williamsburg Rural claims it has the exclusive right to service.

Timothy Matthew Ammons, of Dillon; William I. Diggs and William Parnell Diggs, both of Myrtle Beach, for appellant. John D. McInnis, Jr., of Dillon, for respondent. Guardian ad Litem: Salley Kathryne Huggins-Cook, of Dillon, for Michael Stevens. Guardian ad Litem: A.C. Stephens, of Dillon, for Eva Barksdale.

In this appeal, Appellant argues the trial court committed error it permitted a witness to testify that a report received contained an allegation of sexual abuse when the testimony constituted hearsay and improperly bolstered child’s testimony that Appellant had committed child sexual abuse against him.

Rodney F. Pillsbury, of Yacobi & Pillsbury, of Greenville, for appellant. Rose Mary McGregor, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Tennis appeals the Department of Social Services’ denial of her application to renew her daycare license.

John R. McCravy, III, and Jon E. Newlon, both of McCravy Law Firm, of Greenwood, for appellants. James P. Walsh, of Clarkson, Walsh, Rheney & Turner, of Greenville, for Respondent.

In this declaratory judgment action, Horne appeals the special referee's finding that she was not entitled to stack underinsured automobile coverages.

Assistant Appellate Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary, 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 Harold M. Coombs, Jr., of Office SC of the Attorney General, of Columbia; Solicitor Edgar Lewis Clements, III, of Florence.

Criminal appeal concerning whether the trial court had subject matter jurisdiction to convict appellant for second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor.

Fred A. Walters and A. Camden Lewis, both of Lewis, Babcock & Hawkins, of Columbia; and F. Patrick Hubbard, of Columbia, for appellant. Robert A. McKenzie and Gary H. Johnson, II, both of McDonald, McKenzie, Rubin Miller & Lybrand, of Columbia; and John M. Mahon, Jr., of Columbia, for respondent.

This case involves whether a private cause of action for public nuisance can be maintained to recover damages for personal injury.

J. Charles Ormond, Jr., of Holler, Dennis, Corbett, Ormond, & Garner, of Columbia, for appellant. Charles Franklin Thompson, Jr., of Columbia, for respondent.

James D. Willis appeals the circuit court’s order granting summary judgment to the City of Aiken on Willis’s action for wrongful termination.

Kenneth C. Porter, of Porter & Rosenfeld, of Greenville; and D. Garrison Hill, of Greenville, for appellant. James W. Logan, Jr., of Logan, Jolly & Smith, of Anderson, for Respondent.

This case involves whether a self-employed contractor is a statutory employee under S.C. Code Ann. §42-1-130 and therefore barred from pursuing an independent tort action. The contractor provided a Certificate of Liability Insurance Coverage to a higher tier contractor displaying his name as a covered employee. The primary issue is whether the contractor affirmatively elected to become a statutory employee and therefore barred from tort action.

Robert L. Buchanan, Jr., of Aiken, for appellant. Everett A. Kendall, II, and Mark S. Barrow, both of Sweeny, Wingate & Barrow, of Columbia, for respondent.

This case involves whether an automobile liability insurance policy should be reformed to include UM/UIM coverage or whether a meaningful offer was made and declined. The main issue is whether an insurance application form, which is not fully completed pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. section 38-77-350, may be supplemented by oral discussions in order to provide a meaningful offer under section 38-77-160.

E. Ros Huff, Jr., of Columbia, for appellant. Stacey Tarte Meyer, of Columbia; and Stephen B. Samuels, of McWhirter, Bellinger & Associates, of Lexington, for Respondent.

This case involves whether the statute of limitations had run in a worker’s compensation action prior to the claimant filing her claim.

Gerald F. Smith; and James B. Richardson, Jr., of Richardson & Birdsong, both of Columbia, for appellant-Respondent. Thomas B. Bryant, III, of Bryant, Fanning & Shuler, of Orangeburg, for respondent-Appellant.

This case involves whether an enforceable oral contract existed between an employee and employer pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 39-65-20, which the employer violated when the employer refused to award the employee commissions he earned during his tenure. The employee seeks attorney’s fees pursuant to the statutory provision.

Daniel T. Brailsford, of Robinson, McFadden & Moore, of Columbia, for appellant. James C. Gray, Jr., and Thomas M. Kennaday, both of Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, of Columbia, for respondent.

This case involves whether the existence and efficacy of an arbitration clause in a contract is arbitable or must be litigated.

John J. Kerr, of Buist, Moore, Smythe & McGee, of Charleston, for appellant. J. Brady Hair; Derk B. K. Van Raalte, IV, both of N. Charleston; and Richard W. Lingenfelter, of Charleston, for Respondent.

The Post and Courier filed a FOIA request seeking access to 911 tapes the City of North Charleston possessed regarding the shooting death of Eric Snowden. The City of North Charleston refused the request because the tapes were to be used in an upcoming lynching trial. The Post and Courier filed a declaratory judgment action seeking access to the tapes and the circuit court denied access. The Post and Courier appeals.

W. Allen Nickles, III, Carl L. Solomon and Dona Guffey, all of Gergel, Nickles & Solomon, of Columbia, for appellant. Kenneth L. Childs, Kathryn Long Mahoney and Vernie Williams, all of Childs & Halligan, of Columbia, for respondent.

This case involves whether a teacher should have been dismissed from her teaching position pursuant to South Carolina Code Ann. sections 15-25-430 & -440.

Vinton DeVane Lide, of Lexington, for appellant. Richard J. Breibart, of Lexington, for respondent.

Ajerenal Danley; and Cynthia B. Polk, both of Columbia, for appellant. E. Courtney Gruber and R. Walter Hundely, of Charleston, for respondent.