Justin O'Toole Lucey, of Mt. Pleasant, for Appellant. Henry P. Wall, Warren C. Powell, Jr., and Joey R. Floyd, of Columbia, for Respondents.

This is an appeal of a directed verdict for the defendants in an inverse condemnation action.

Katherine H. Tiffany, of Greenville, for Appellant Michael Truitt; Tracy Welsh Tiddy, of Greenville, for Appellant Sandra Ivester; Rebecca Rush Wray, of Greenville, for Respondent; and Carol Anne Simpson, of Greenville, for Guardian Ad Litem.

This is a termination of parental rights case.

Frank F. Pape, Jr., of Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellants. James Arthur Brown, Jr., of Beaufort, for Respondents.

In this civil action, the plaintiffs/appellants, who are fifty percent owners of a statutory close corporation, brought several claims against the defendants/respondents, the remaining fifty percent shareholders and landlord for the business, following the company's ejectment by the respondents. Appellants ask this Court to review twenty-six (26) alleged points of error in the trial court's rulings denying their claims.

Robert Rosen, of Charleston, for Appellant. John Matthew Loy, of Summerville, for Respondent. Vernee Chnita Hancock, of Summerville, for Guardian Ad Litem.

In this family court case, the Court reviews the following three issues: (1) the custody arrangement in regard to children; (2) a less than "standard" visitation schedule; and (3) an award of attorney's fees.

V. M. Manning Smith, of Beaufort, for Appellant. Richard J. Morgan and Robyn W. Madden, of Columbia, for Respondent.

In this civil action, a jury verdict was rendered in favor of Katherine Burns (Appellant) against Universal Health Services, Inc. (Respondent) in the sum of Thirty Two Thousand ($32,000.00)Dollars. The circuit court granted Respondent's motion for a judgment non obstante verdicto. Appellant was employed for sixteen (16) years as a registered nurse by Aiken Regional Hospital, Respondent's predecessor. After Appellant's termination, she instituted an action for damages based on an employee manual addressing policy procedures related to discipline and termination. The issues on appeal involve the efficacy of the employee manual as juxtaposed to the at will employment doctrine.

Melvin Richardson Hyman, Jr., of Charleston, for Appellant. James Earle Reeves, of Summerville, for Respondent.

In this civil action, the Court reviews the granting of summary judgment in favor of the Respondent. Issues analyzed are: (1) the form of the order granting summary judgment; and (2) the efficacy of a written contract as juxtaposed to claims of fraud, misrepresentations, and unilateral or mutual mistakes. Additionally, the Court addresses the application of the Dead Man's Statute and whether the written contract contains a non-reliance clause or a merger and integration clause.

William Tracy Brown, of Charleston, for Appellant. Gregory Samuel Forman, of Charleston, for Respondent.

In this family court case, the Court reviews an award granting Respondent a retroactive interest in Appellant's military retirement. Appellant poses a number of defenses: (1) laches; (2) unclean hands; (3) unreasonable delay; and (4) financial hardship and prejudice.

William H. Johnson and Steven S. McKenzie, both of Manning, for Appellants. Thomas C. Salane and R. Hawthorne Barrett, both of Columbia, for Respondents.

This case appeals the grant of summary judgment in favor of certain of the defendants in actions arising out of the death of appellants' decedent.

Daniel D. D'Agostino, of York, for Appellant. Lucy London McDow, of Rock Hill, for Respondent.

In this domestic matter, Wife appeals from the family court's final decree of divorce, arguing the family court erred in: (1) designating a Corvette non-marital property; (2) dividing the marital assets and debts on a less than 50/50 basis; (3) failing to award more than $1,200 a month in alimony; and (4) failing to award attorney's fees.

Malcolm M. Crosland, Jr., of Charleston, for Appellant. Samuel Thompson Brunson, of Florence, for Respondents.

This case asks whether a pay raise that had been in effect for only a few days at the time of a compensable accident is an exceptional reason for calculating the average weekly wage on the basis of the increased income.

Donnell G. Jennings and R. Hawthorne Barrett, both of Columbia, for Appellant-Respondent. Stephen B. Samuels and Joseph R. Dasta, both of Lexington, for Respondents-Appellants.

This tort action arose from a collision between a motorcycle driven by John David Lee and a car driven by Robert Allen Bunch. The jury found Lee 70% negligent and Bunch 30% negligent. The jury originally found for Bunch on Lee's wife's loss of consortium claim. After the trial court's resubmission of the issue, the jury awarded her $9000.00. The Lees and Bunch appeal.

W. Allen Nickles, III, Carl L. Solomon, and Dona L. Guffey, all of Columbia, for Appellant. Shirley M. Fawley, Vernie L. Williams, and Kenneth L. Childs, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

This case involves a challenge to a Marlboro County School District's decision not to renew a teacher's employment contract.

Sally G. Calhoun, of Beaufort, for Appellant/Respondent. Susan C. Rosen, Robert N. Rosen, and Donald Bruce Clark, all of Charleston, for Respondent/Appellant. Ralph E. Tupper, of Beaufort, for Guardian ad Litem.

In a cross-appeal from a family court order granting Wife a divorce and custody of the parties' minor child, awarding child support, granting Husband visitation, and equitably dividing marital property, Husband asserts sixteen issues on appeal. Husband argues the family court judge erred in imputing income to him, failing to impute income to Wife, failing to consider uncovered medical bills in child support and requiring payment of these bills within fourteen days, failing to consider its order for Husband to travel from Hilton Head, SC to Brevard, NC to exercise visitation, in computing child support, failing to admit the corpus of certain trusts to which Wife is the beneficiary, dividing guardian ad litem fees, awarding attorney's fees, failing to award Easter and summer visitation, valuing certain marital property, and failing to recuse himself as a result of bias. Wife argues the family court judge erred in failing to consider all fifteen statutory factors in equitably dividing marital property and in excluding a lot of real estate from equitable division.

Sean Michael Bolchoz and James O. Hale, both of Hilton Head Island, for Appellant. Robert C. Calamari and William Jerad Rissler, both of Myrtle Beach, for Respondents.

Paul Davis Systems, Inc. asserted causes of action for breach of contract and foreclosure of a mechanic's lien against Respondent, Deepwater of Hilton Head, LLC. Paul Davis Systems appeals from the master in equity's order dismissing Deepwater from the action, arguing the master erred in admitting evidence concerning Deepwater's post-trial defenses and ruling on those defenses when each were available to assert prior to trial. Additionally, Appellant argues the master erred in ruling that the lack of a contract between Paul Davis Systems and Deepwater precluded the action for foreclosure and that the mechanic's lien failed to adhere to the statutory requirements regarding perfection of the lien.

Richard A. Harpootlian, and Michael D. Scott, both of Columbia, for Appellant. J. Benjamin Aplin, of Columbia, for Respondent.

John Cannon appeals from an order requiring him to submit a DNA sample as a condition of his parole, arguing the statute was amended to exclude him from the requirement and forcing him to provide a sample violates the ex post facto clauses of the United States and South Carolina Constitutions.

William A. Bryan, Jr. and Christian Stegmaier, both of Columbia, for Appellant. Edward C. Boggs and S. Murray Kinard, both of Lexington, for Respondent.

This appeal raises numerous issues concerning the conduct and rulings of the trial court in an accident case, includng the denial of appellant's directed verdict motion and the grant of a directed verdict to respondent on liability.