Benjamin Goldberg, of Charleston, for Appellant. Kerry W. Koon, of Charleston, for Respondent.

In this appeal from the denial of an action to set aside a tax sale of real property, appellant contends the Master-in-Equity erred because: (1) the execution notice was confusing and statutorily deficient; (2) the official notice of levy was confusing and statutorily void; and (3) the tax sale advertisement erroneously informed the delinquent tax payer that payment of the 2003 taxes was required prior to the tax sale. Appellant also argues the Master erred in finding the statutory errors committed by the delinquent tax collector were merely directory, as opposed to fundamental defects.

William H. Ehlies, II, of Greenville, for Appellants. Samuel W. Outten and Sandi R. Wilson, of Greenville, for Respondent.

In this action for negligence, we determine whether the circuit court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of Respondents because the Respondents’ motion for summary judgment was procedurally defective, and whether the trial court erred in holding a realtor does not have a legal duty to investigate latent defects in property or advise its clients on matters outside the scope of its expertise.

John E. North, Jr., and Pamela K. Black, of Beaufort, for Appellant. Fred Kuhn, Jr., of Beaufort, and G. Richardson Wieters, of Hilton Head Island, for Respondent.

This is an appeal from the denial of a motion to impose sanctions pursuant to the South Carolina Frivolous Proceedings Sanctions Act and Rule 11, SCRCP. Appellant argues the trial court erred by: (1) failing to set forth findings of fact and conclusions of law in its order denying sanctions; (2) using the competence of counsel and the good faith of counsel as the standard for evaluating frivolity; (3) ruling the respondent acted in good faith without an evidentiary basis; and (4) failing to award attorney fees incurred in defense of respondent’s claims against him as sanctions.

Deborah Harrison Sheffield, of Columbia, and Paul L. Reeves, of Columbia, for Appellants. Tobias G. Ward, Jr., and J. Derrick Jackson, of Columbia, for Respondent.

The Appellants appeal from the Master-in-Equity’s decision finding the Respondent owned a 25% interest in a business and was due damages as a result of the sale of the business.

Katherine Carruth Link, of West Columbia, and Christian Giresi Spradley, of Saluda, for Appellant. Robert L. Widener, of Columbia, for Respondent. Melissa Leigh Franklin, of Aiken, Guardian Ad Litem.

In this appeal from the denial of a request to transfer child custody, appellant asserts the family court erred by: (1) denying appellant’s request for sole custody of the children; (2) failing to designate appellant as the primary custodial parent; (3) denying appellant’s request to relocate the children; (4) failing to address the issue of child support and failing to award child support; and (5) making factual findings contrary to the weight of the evidence.

John B. McCutcheon, Jr., Mary Ruth M. Baxter, and Lisa A. Thomas, of Conway, for Appellant. Carroll D. Padgett, Jr., of Loris, and Andrew C. English, III, and Mary Dameron Milliken, of Columbia, for Respondent.

The County appeals the special referee’s award to the bank of proceeds from a foreclosure sale to satisfy a mortgage given by the record owner subsequent to the filing of a lis pendens by the County.

James B. Richardson, Jr., of Columbia, for Appellant. Frank R. Ellerbe, III, of Columbia, for Respondent.

A jury awarded Time Warner Cable (Time Warner) damages for a breach of contract by nonpayment by Condo Services, Inc., d/b/a Renaissance Enterprises, Inc. (REI). REI appeals the circuit court’s post-trial order requiring REI to allow Time Warner to continue providing services to REI’s customers for the remaining term of the contract and requiring Time Warner to pay REI twenty percent of its revenues for video services during this time.

Mitchell K. Byrd, Sr., of Hilton Head Island, for Appellant. Ronald J. Tryon and J. Drayton Hastie, III, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Widener brought this action against Fort Mill Ford alleging violations of the South Carolina Regulation of Manufacturers, Distributors, and Dealers Act, S.C. Code Ann. §§ 56-15-10 to 56-15-600 (Supp. 2007), and the Unfair Trade Practices Act, S.C. Code Ann. §§ 39-5-10 to 39-5-560 (Supp. 2007). In response, Fort Mill Ford moved to dismiss or stay the proceedings and to compel arbitration. After a hearing, the trial court dismissed the action, stating Fort Mill Ford “is entitled to a dismissal of this action in order that the parties may pursue arbitration in accordance with the parties’ agreement.” Widener appeals.

Steven S. McKenzie, of Manning, for Appellant. Robert L. Widener, of Columbia, and Michael W. Self, of Sumter, for Respondent.

This domestic appeal arises from the denial of motions under Rule 60(b)(1)-(4), SCRCP, to set aside a Property Settlement Agreement and Decree of Separate Maintenance between Wife (Appellant) and Husband (Respondent). Wife moved that the Order be vacated because of alleged fraud on the part of her husband and the fact that she was coerced into entering into the Property Settlement Agreement. The family court found that the Wife had failed to carry her burden of proof on all issues raised in her motions.

John W. Carrigg, Jr., of Columbia, for Appellants. Jonathan Matthew Harvey, of Columbia, for Respondent Douglas Milliman. Lawrence B. Orr, of Florence, for Respondents Provident American Life and Health Insurance Co., Provident Indemnity Life Insurance Co., and Central Reserve Life Insurance Company. Stephanie G. Flynn and Phillip E. Reeves, of Greenville, for Respondents MidAmerica Life Insurance Co. and Consumer Benefits of America.

In this appeal, the appellants, a husband and wife, claim the trial court improperly granted summary judgment to an insurance agent and various insurance companies on the appellants’ claims for fraud and negligent misrepresentation in connection with the sale of a group association health insurance policy to the husband. The appellants argue the trial court erred in holding their claims were barred by the three-year statute of limitations; in holding that the agent’s representations to the appellants were insufficient to support a claim for fraud and negligent misrepresentation; in holding that the agent’s statements to appellants were not attributable to the insurance companies because the agent was an insurance broker and not an insurance agent; and in holding that appellant’s wife did not have standing to sue respondents.

R. Mills Ariail, Jr., of Greenville, for Appellants. Ronald W. McKinney, of Greenville, for Respondents.

Plaintiffs, Janet Robarge and the Parker Sewer and Fire Subdistrict, formerly known as the Parker Water and Sewer Subdistrict (Parker), brought this declaratory judgment action challenging a requirement imposed by Defendant City of Greenville (City) to execute an annexation covenant as a condition of acquiring a new connection to the City’s water lines. Plaintiffs contend that the condition violates an agreement between Parker and the City’s Commission of Public Works (Commission) that requires the Commission to provide water service to Parker residents. Plaintiffs appeal the circuit court’s granting of summary judgment to the City.

Hammond A. Beale, Jr., of Columbia, for Appellant. James W. Poag, Jr., of West Columbia, for Respondent.

In this case we determine whether the trial court correctly concluded that the controversy between the parties was subject to arbitration.

Irby E. Walker, Jr., of Conway, for Appellant. Kevin Mitchell Barth,of Florence, and Marian D. Nettles, of Lake City, for Respondent. Philip Bryan Atkinson, of Florence, Guardian Ad Litem.

In this custody dispute, Chastity Chastain contends the trial court erred by assigning improper weight to her adulterous conduct and in finding her conduct rose to the level of flagrant promiscuity. Chastity further argues the trial court erred in awarding custody to her ex-husband, Tyson, and in requiring her to pay $2,500 in private investigator fees.

Rose Duggan Manos, of Columbia, Willard D. Hanna, Jr., of Surfside Beach, and Paul Dominick, of Charleston, for Appellants. J. Jackson Thomas, of Myrtle Beach, for Respondent.

Gloria N. Perrone and Carol Repec, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Joel E. Perrone appeal the order of the special referee setting aside a deed on the ground of undue influence. They assert the special referee erred 1) in inferring that the deed at issue was the product of undue influence; 2) in finding that the consideration recited in the deed was inadequate, and 3) in failing to apply the doctrines of laches and waiver.

James L. Hills, of Myrtle Beach, for Appellant. Randall K. Mullins, of North Myrtle Beach, for Respondents.

This is an appeal of a divorce decree. Karen Dallis Carpenter, the wife, alleges the family court erred in (1) failing to find physical cruelty against James Edward Burr, the husband, (2) finding that certain dental and medical expenses she incurred after filing this action were not incurred for marital purposes, (3) declining to order Burr to reimburse her for certain dental bills, (4) finding the marital home had not been transmuted, (5) denying her alimony, and (7) ordering her to pay a substantial portion of Burr’s attorney’s fees.

J. Charles Ormond, Jr., and Anthony R. Plante, of Columbia, for Appellants. Charles Bernhart Jordan, of Myrtle Beach, for Respondents K. Corbett and L. Corbett. John M. Leiter, of Myrtle Beach, for Respondent Janice S. Wheeler.

In this appeal from a probate order, Appellants contend the circuit court erred in reversing the order of the probate judge which failed to approve the sale of a property at issue, and also found the personal representative breached her fiduciary duties.

Jeffrey Edwin Johnson, of Conway, for Appellant-Respondent. G. Michael Smith, of Conway, for Respondent Dease Construction. Margaret Fanning Horn, of Charleston, for Respondent Minnifield. J. Dwight Hudson and Mary Anne Graham for Respondent Bozeman, and Glenn V. Ohanesian, of Myrtle Beach, for Respondent-Appellants.

Both Williams and the Bozemans appeal the circuit court’s grant of summary judgment on negligent entrustment when the owner of Dease Construction provided his disabled mother with an automobile, and mother allowed her fourteen-year-old granddaughter to drive the automobile resulting in an accident. Williams also argues a genuine issue of material fact exists regarding whether Charles Bozeman was negligent per se because there was evidence he was speeding.

Robert M. Dudek, Deputy Chief Attorney for Capital Appeals, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, Senior Assistant Attorney General William Edgar Salter, III, of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, and Solicitor I. McDuffie Stone, III, of Beaufort, for Respondent.

In this murder case, Appellant posits two issues: (1) the court erred by ruling Appellant’s confession was admissible, and (2) the court erred by denying Appellant’s motion for a change of venue.

Frank L. Valenta, Jr., of Blythewood, for Appellant. Steven Wayne Sumner, of Greenville, for Respondent.

In this appeal from a hearing rescinding the suspension placed on Holtzclaw’s driver’s license, SCDMV asserts the Administrative Law Court erred in finding one of Holtzclaw’s convictions invalid, and by accepting a collateral attack on a criminal conviction in a civil action that was neither an appeal nor a post-conviction relief action.

Deputy Chief Attorney Wanda H. Carter, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, 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, and Solicitor John Gregory Hembree, of Conway, for Respondent.

In this criminal sexual conduct case, Appellant argues the trial court erred in denying: (1) Appellant’s motion to exclude evidence of prior bad acts, (2) Appellant’s motion to suppress a statement made during his bond hearing, and (3) Appellant’s motions regarding testimony that exceeded the parameters of time and place during the trial.

Steve Wukela, Jr., of Florence, for Appellant-Respondent. Peter H. Dworjanyn, Christian Stegmaier, and Amy L. Neuschafer, of Columbia, for Respondent-Appellants.

Claimant’s widow appeals the circuit court’s ruling limiting Claimant’s award to the balance of five-hundred weeks of compensation upon Claimant’s death from an unrelated cause. Employer cross-appeals the circuit court’s failure to deduct attorney’s fees from Claimant’s award pursuant to an agreement between the parties.

James P. Stevens, Jr., of Loris, for Appellants. Victoria T. Vaught, of Conway, for Respondent.

Dianne B. Phillips and Richard Kevin Phillips appeal the order of the trial court granting summary judgment to Horry County. They assert the trial court erred in holding the federal court’s finding of probable cause in their 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 claim collaterally estopped them from claiming a lack of probable cause in their remanded state law claims for malicious prosecution, false imprisonment, and assault and battery.

Emma Ruth Brittain, and Charles B. Jordan, Jr., of Myrtle Beach, for Appellant. Kenneth R. Young, Jr., of Sumter, for Respondents.

In this tax case, the parties litigate issues including standing and the application of a statute of limitations under the Horry County Hospitality Fee Ordinance.

Charles J. Hupfer, Jr., of Florence, for Appellant. Larry G. Reddick, of Lake City, for Respondents Burney Locklear, III & Edward Eugene Locklear.

In this probate case, Appellant appeals the probate court’s findings that the will of Jettie Byrd Anderson was valid and not the result of undue influence in light of the Locklears’ fiduciary relationship with Anderson.

Vincent C. Northcutt and Jason A. Williams, of Charleston, for Appellants. Malcolm M. Crosland, Jr., of Charleston, for Respondent.

In this workers’ compensation case, employer appeals the circuit court’s order affirming the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission. Employer takes exception to findings that (1) employee is credible, (2) employee’s thoracic injury/condition is causally related to the admitted accident, (3) employee is totally and permanently disabled under S.C. Code Ann. § 42-9-10, (4) employee is totally and permanently disabled under S.C. Code Ann. § 42-9-30(19), (5) employee is entitled to past and future medical benefits, and (6) employee is entitled to a lump sum award with an allocation pursuant to our supreme court’s Utica-Mohawk Mills decision.