THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Supreme Court

Charles W. Bailey, Respondent,

v.

Ralph W. Segars, Jr., Petitioner.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS

Appeal From Darlington County
Paul M. Burch, Circuit Court Judge

Opinion No. 25625
Heard April 1, 2003 - Filed April 7, 2003

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Louis D. Nettles, of Nettles, McBride, Hoffmeyer, PA, of Florence, for Petitioner.

Charles E. Carpenter, Jr., and S. Elizabeth Brosnan, both of Richardson, Plowden, Carpenter & Robinson, PA, of Columbia; and Paul V. Cannarella, of Hartsville, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: We granted certiorari to consider the decision of the Court of Appeals in Bailey v. Segars, 346 S.C. 359, 550 S.E.2d 910 (Ct. App. 2001). We now dismiss that writ as improvidently granted.

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

TOAL, C.J., MOORE, WALLER, BURNETT and PLEICONES, JJ., concur.