Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, of South Carolina Commision on Indigent Defense, 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 J. Gregory Hembree, of Conway, for Respondent.

In this case, the Court granted a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals’ decision in State v. Dicapua, 373 S.C. 452, 646 S.E.2d 150 (Ct. App. 2007), in which the Court of Appeals reversed the trial court’s issuance of a new trial.

Kenneth R. Young, of Young, Reiter, Keffer & Donnald, of Sumter, Ernest A. Finney, Jr., of The Finney Law Firm, of Sumter, J. Rutledge Young, III, of Duffy & Young, of Charleston, and LeeAnn Jones, of Powell Goldstein, LLP, of Atlanta, GA, for Petitioner. Thomas S. Tisdale, Jr., and David J. Parrish, both of Nexsen Pruet, LLC, of Charleston, for Respondent.

This appeal arises out of Petitioner’s action for breach of contract for termite control services. The trial court denied Respondent’s motion for a new trial based on juror misconduct, and the Court of Appeals reversed. We granted a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals’ decision.

Chief Appellate Defender Joseph L. Savitz, III, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, and Frederick A. Hoefer, II, of Ballenger, Barth & Hoefer, of Florence, 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, all of Columbia, and Solicitor Cecil Kelly Jackson, of Sumter, for Respondent.

Woods was convicted of murder, first degree burglary and first degree criminal sexual conduct and was sentenced to death. He raises several issues in this direct appeal.

Charles E. Hill and R. Hawthorne Barrett, both of Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Ellis I. Kahn and Justin S. Kahn, both of Kahn Law Firm, of Charleston, for Respondents.

The Court granted a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals’ decision to reverse a defense verdict in a chiropractic malpractice case based on the jury charge, and to review other evidentiary issues as well.

Thomas E. Lydon, of McAngus Goudelock & Courie, of Columbia, for Appellant. Steven L. Smith, of Smith & Koontz, of North Charleston, for Respondent.

Financial Federal Credit, Inc., a Texas corporation, sought to foreclose a judgment against property Dennis Brown owned in South Carolina after it obtained a default judgment against Brown in federal court in Texas. Brown moved for dismissal of the South Carolina action, alleging there was no personal jurisdiction to obtain the Texas default judgment and thus it was unenforceable. The circuit court granted Brown’s motion to dismiss, and Financial Federal Credit, Inc. appeals.

Ronald L. Richter, Jr., of Bland Richter, LLP, of Charleston, Eric Steven Bland, of Bland Richter, LLP, of Columbia, and Thomas A. Pendarvis, of Pendarvis Law Offices, of Beaufort, for Appellants. Susan Taylor Wall and J.W. Nelson Chandler, both of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP, of Charleston, for Respondent.

In this legal malpractice case, Appellants appeal the circuit court’s granting of a motion to dismiss due to the lack of an attorney-client relationship.

Appellate Defender Lanelle C. Durant, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, 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 Harold M. Coombs, Jr., and Solicitor Warren Blair Giese, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

Robert T. King, of Willcox, Buyck & Williams, of Florence, for Petitioner. Thomas B. Jackson, III, of Tyler, Cassell, Jackson, Peace & Silver, of Columbia, for Respondent.

An order of default was entered against petitioner, and the Court of Appeals affirmed. Petitioner argues it was not properly served with process and that there is “good cause” to set aside the default.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Senior Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs, Jr., all of Columbia, and Solicitor David Michael Pascoe, Jr., of Orangeburg, for Petitioner. Chief Appellate Defender Joseph L. Savitz, III, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Respondent.

In this case, the Court granted a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals’ decision finding that Respondent did not waive his right to counsel.

Deputy Director of Legal Services Teresa A. Knox, Assistant Chief Legal Counsel J. Benjamin Aplin and Legal Counsel Tommy Evans, Jr., all of South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, of Columbia, for Appellant. W. Gaston Fairey, of Columbia, for Respondent.

In this case, the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services (DPPPS) appeals the Administrative Law Court’s decision that DPPPS erred in its interpretation of section 16-23-490 of the South Carolina Code of Laws regarding the implementation of the sentence imposed by the trial court and Brian Major’s eligibility for parole.

Michael S. Hopewell, of Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, of Florence, and Eugene Matthews, of Richardson, Plowden & Robinson, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Daniel F. Blanchard, III, of Rosen, Rosen and Hagood, of Charleston, Susan C. Rosen, of Rosen Law Firm, of Charleston, and Peter F. Asmer, Jr., of Cozen & O'Connor, of Charlotte, NC, for Respondents.

This cross-appeal arises out of Plaintiffs’ actions for negligence and breach of contract against Defendants for harm arising out of a fire. The Court of Appeals affirmed the circuit court’s entry of default and the master-in-equity’s award of damages. We granted a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals’ decision.

C. Mitchell Brown, William C. Wood, Jr., Elizabeth H. Campbell and A. Mattison Bogan, all of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, of Columbia, Elbert S. Dorn and Nicholas W. Gladd, both of Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, of Columbia, for Appellant. James Edward Bell, III, of Bell Legal Group, of Georgetown, James Walter Fayssoux, Jr., of Anderson, Fayssoux & Chasteen, of Greenville, and Kevin R. Dean, of Motley Rice, LLC, of Mt. Pleasant, for Respondents.

A jury awarded Respondents $18 million against Appellants in a products liability case where Respondents alleged defective cruise control design. Appellants argue the trial court committed several errors including admitting certain expert testimony and evidence prior incidents and providing erroneous jury instructions.

Donald H. Howe, of Howe and Wyndham, LLP, of Charleston, and Walter Bilbro, Jr., of Charleston, for Petitioners. Steven L. Smith, of Smith & Koontz, of North Charleston, for Respondents.

Petitioners argue that the Court of Appeals erred in vacating the arbitrator’s award of damages against respondents in their individual capacity.

Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins, 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, Assistant Attorney General J. Anthony Mabry, all of Columbia, and Solicitor David Michael Pascoe, Jr., of Orangeburg, for Respondent.

The Court is asked to review a capital case where the petitioner received a death sentence after pleading guilty.

Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott and Assistant Attorney General David Spencer, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

In this post-conviction relief (PCR) action, the PCR judge imposed a sanction against Milton Daniel Hiott pursuant to Rule 11, SCRCP for presenting frivolous claims. We granted Hiott’s petition for a writ of certiorari to review the opinion in Hiott v. State, 375 S.C. 354, 652 S.E.2d 436 (Ct. App. 2007), in which the Court of Appeals affirmed the PCR judge’s ruling and held as a matter of first impression that Rule 11, SCRCP is applicable in PCR proceedings.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster and Senior Assistant Attorney General James G. Bogle, Jr., both of Columbia, for Office of Disciplinary Counsel. George Hunter McMaster of Tompkins & McMaster, of Columbia, and Irby E. Walker, Jr., of Conway, for Respondent.

This is an attorney disciplinary matter.

Steven Michael Rudisill and Bradley Horace Smith, both of Rudisill, White and Kaplan, of Charlotte, NC, for Petitioners. Amy V. Cofield, of Cofield Law Firm, of Lexington, and Latonya Dilligard Edwards, of South Carolina Second Injury Fund, of Columbia, for Respondent.

In this case, the Court granted a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals decision holding Petitioners could not transfer liability to the SC Uninsured Employers’ Fund.

Milton G. Kimpson, Managing Counsel for Litigation, Ray N. Stevens, Director, Harry T. Cooper, Jr, Chief of Staff, and Nicholas P. Sipe, General Counsel for Litigation, all of South Carolina Department of Revenue, of Columbia, for Appellant. Erik P. Doerring, Celeste T. Jones and Robert L. Widener, all of McNair Law Firm, of Columbia, for Respondent.

The Department of Revenue appeals the administrative law court’s grant of summary judgment to Home Medical Systems.

Preston F. McDaniel, of McDaniel Law Firm, of Columbia, and Gerald Malloy, of Malloy Law Firm, of Hartsville, for Appellant. James T. Hedgepath, of Nexsen Pruet, LLC, of Greenville, and Michael T. Brittingham, of Nexsen Pruet, LLC, of Columbia, for Respondents.

In this appeal, the appellant contends he was unconstitutionally denied long-term disability benefits.

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, Assistant Attorney General Michelle J. Parsons all of Columbia, and Solicitor I. McDuffie Stone, III, of Hampton, for Petitioner. Chief Appellate Defender Joseph L. Savitz, III, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Respondent.

In this case, the Court granted a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals’ decision in State v. Smith, 372 S.C. 404, 642 S.E.2d 627 (Ct. App. 2007), in which the Court of Appeals affirmed the trial judge’s issuance of a new trial.