Scott Elliott, of Elliott & Elliott, and Howard A. Hammer, of Hammer, Hammer, Carrigg & Potterfield, both of Columbia, for Appellant. Kathryn Thomas and Derwood L. Aydlette, III, both of Gignilliat, Savitz & Bettis, of Columbia, for Respondent.

A jury rendered a verdict in favor of the City of Forest Acres in a wrongful discharge action brought by Evelyn H. Conner. Conner appeals the trial court's rulings on certain evidentiary issues and jury instructions, arguing, among other things, that the trial court erred in excluding evidence of events which occurred during grievance proceedings which occurred after the date she was terminated by the police chief.

J. Matthew Dove, of Dove Law Firm, of Murrells Inlet, for Appellant. William Jerad Rissler and J. Christopher Clark, both of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, of Myrtle Beach, for Respondent.

This is a breach-of-contract case before the Court pursuant to Rule 204(b), SCACR. The issue is whether the appellant, a real-estate broker, is entitled to a commission under its listing agreement with the respondent.

C. Mitchell Brown, Elizabeth H. Campbell, Beth B. Richardson, all of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, of Columbia, and Errol Anne Y. Hodges, of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, of Greenville, for Appellant/Respondent AFCO Credit Corporation. Nelson R. Parker and William Ceth Land, of Land, Parker & Welch, PA, of Manning, for Respondents Bryan Bowman and Danny Gainey. David C. Holler, of Lee, Erter, Wilson, James, Holler & Smith, LLC, and Thomas E. Player, Jr., both of Sumter, for Respondent State Roofing Co. Ajerenal Danley and Matthew C. Robertson, both of Columbia, Samuel Thompson Brunson, of Florence and Terry Michael Mauldin, of Columbia, for Respondent S.C. Uninsured Employers Fund. Mary Sowell League, of Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims PA, of Columbia, for Respondent Chesterfield County School District. Michael E. Chase, of Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, P.A., of Columbia, for Respondent C. Douglas Wilson Co. George Cantlon, of Sumter, pro se Respondent. Byron Putnam Roberts, of Columbia, for Respondent/Appellant Travelers Insurance Company.

This case involves the cancellation of insurance by a premium service company.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, Assistant Attorney General W. Rutledge Martin, all of Columbia, and Solicitor Harold W. Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg, for Petitioner. Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Respondent.

This is a Court of Appeals certiorari. The issue on appeal is whether respondent was entitled to a directed verdict on the charge of breach of trust with fraudulent intent.

Robert A. McKenzie and Gary H. Johnson, II, both of McDonald, McKenzie, Rubin, Miller & Lybrand, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Fred A. Walters, of Columbia, and A. Camden Lewis, of Lewis, Babcock & Hawkins, of Columbia, for Respondent.

In this case Appellant argues, among other things, that the Court of Appeals erred in sanctioning a private right of action under the doctrine of public nuisance for purely personal injuries.

Charles S. Altman, of Finkel & Altman, LLC, of Charleston, for Appellant. Martin S. Driggers, of Driggers & Moyd, of Hartsville, David L. Morrison and Andrew F. Lindemann, both of Davidson, Morrison & Lindemann, of Columbia, for Respondent.

This is an inverse-condemnation case before the Court pursuant to Rule 204(b), SCACR. The issue is whether the circuit court erred by granting the city's motion for summary judgment.

C. Scott Masel, of Newby, Pridgen & Sartip, LLC, of Myrtle Beach, for Appellants. Henrietta U. Golding, of McNair Law Firm, of Myrtle Beach, for Respondent.

In the underlying case, appellant claimed that respondent misappropriated a corporate opportunity and, in doing so, breached a fiduciary duty to the corporation. On appeal, the issue is whether the master-in-equity erred in granting respondent's motion for summary judgment.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster and Senior Assistant Attorney General James G. Bogle, both of Columbia, for the Office of Disciplinary Counsel. Desa A. Ballard, of West Columbia, for Respondent.

This is an attorney disciplinary matter.

J. Kendall Few, of J. Kendall Few, PA, of Greenville, Stephen D. Baggett and Kenneth W. Poston, both of McDonald, Patrick, Tinsley, Baggett & Poston, L.L.P., of Greenwood, and Charles W. Whetstone, Jr., of James C. Anders, PA, of Columbia, all for Appellant. Elizabeth M. McMillan, of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, of Greenville, and C. Mitchell Brown, of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, of Columbia, for Respondent.

This is a products liability and negligence case. The issue is whether the circuit court erred in granting the respondents’ motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction.

B. Eric Shytle and Sarah P. Spruill, both of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., of Columbia, and John Ravenel Chase, of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., of Florence, for Appellants. Kenneth B. Wingate and Paul D. Kent, both of Sweeny, Wingate & Barrow, PA, of Columbia, for Respondent.

A probate court jury found that Mary Frances Pallister had not revoked her will prior to her death, although the original will was lost or missing. Appellants contend the circuit erred in (1) affirming the probate court judgment because Respondent failed to meet the burden of establishing by clear and convincing evidence that the will was lost or destroyed by a third party without the decedent's knowledge or consent; and (2) in affirming the probate court's failure to instruct the jury that the law does not presume a will was wrongfully destroyed by a third party.

David I. Bruck, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Senior Assistant Attorney General Norman Mark Rapoport, all of Columbia, and Solicitor Cecil Kelley Jackson, of Sumter, for Respondent.

The Court granted certiorari to review a Court of Appeals decision holding that S.C. Code Ann. §56-5-2946 permits an officer to order a chemical blood test for a person under arrest for felony DUI, without regard to the requirements of S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-2950.

Richard S. Rosen and Daniel F. Blanchard, III, both of Rosen, Rosen & Hagood, LLC, of Charleston, for Petitioners. Stanley Clarence Rodgers, of Charleston, for Respondents.

This case involves the issues of whether the Court of Appeals erred by (1) finding Buyers did not have a duty to investigate the truthfulness of an alleged misrepresentation by Sellers' real estate agent; and (2) finding the merger clause in the purchase contract was not a defense to Buyers' fraud and negligent counterclaims.

William Gary White, III, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Chalmers Carey Johnson, of Chalmers Johnson Law Firm, of Charleston, for Respondent. Ashley B. Abel and Lisa R. Claxton, both of Jackson Lewis, LLP, of Greenville, for Amici Curiae The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and The South Carolina Policy Council.

On its second rehearing, this case raises issues of whether an employee manual creates a contract, and whether an employee, who works for an entity employing fewer than 15 people, may bring a wrongful discharge action based on race discrimination.