William Angus McKinnon, of Rock Hill, John Gressette Felder, Jr, of Columbia, both of McGowan Hood & Felder, for Appellant. William U. Gunn and Joshua T. Thompson, both of Holcombe Bomar, P.A., of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

This case presents the novel question of whether a plaintiff filing a notice of intent to bring a medical malpractice claim under Section 15-79-125 of the South Carolina Code (2005) must submit an affidavit containing an expert opinion as to proximate cause as opposed to just whether the defendant breached the standard of care.

Appellate Defender LaNelle C. DuRant, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant. John Benjamin Aplin, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Petitioner argues that circuit court erred in finding that he violated his probation, and asserts that he was not legally on probation because probation was a part of his sentence which was discharged when completed a community supervision program.

Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Senior Assistant Attorney General David Spencer, of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, for Respondent.

The Court granted certiorari to consider petitioner’s belated appeal.

C. Mitchell Brown, Dwight F. Drake, William C. Wood, Jr., Michael J. Anzelmo, of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney Geneal Alan Wilson, Deputy Attorney General Robert D. Cook, Assistant Deputy Attorney General J. Emory Smith, Jr., Assistant Attorney General Jared Q. Libet, of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, David B. Miller, of Bellamy, Rutenberg, Copeland, Epps, Gravely & Bowers, PA, of Myrtle Beach, Martin M. McNerney, Zachary D. Tripp, of King & Spalding, of Washington, DC, Gwendolyn F. McGriff and Jeffery A. Jacobs, of Columbia, Charles E. Carpenter, Jr. and Carmen V. Ganjehsani, of Carpenter Appeals & Trial Support, LLC, of Columbia, Wallace K. Lightsey and William M. Wilson, III, both of Wyche, P.A., of Greenville, Respondents. Debra Sherman Tedeschi, of The Tedeschi Law Firm, P.A., of Columbia and Laura A. Foggan, of Wiley Rein LLP, of Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae.

We accepted this matter in our original jurisdiction to address Petitioner’s constitutional challenges to Act No. 26, which was later codified at S.C. Code Ann. § 38-61-70 on May 17, 2011, that addresses coverage provided by commercial general liability policies for construction professionals doing construction related work.

Appellate Defender LaNelle Cantey DuRant, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe, Assistant Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr., of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, for Respondent.

The issue in this appeal is whether a person, who has been convicted of a sexually violent offense, is exempt from the Sexually Violent Predator evaluation procedure where the offender’s most recent offense is not explicitly designated as sexually violent.

Lee D. Cope, R. Alexander Murdaugh and Matthew V. Creech, all of Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth & Detrick, PA, of Hampton, J. Christopher Wilson, of Wilson Law Firm, of Bamberg, both for Petitioner. Richard B. Ness and Norma Jett, both of Ness, Jett & Tanner, of Bamberg, for Respondent.

The Court granted a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals’ opinion Rutland v. South Carolina Department of Transportation, 390 S.C. 78, 700 S.E.2d 451 (Ct. App. 2010). Rutland argues the Court of Appeals erred in finding no evidence decedent experienced conscious pain and suffering, in failing to recognize "pre-impact fear" as an element of damages for a survival action, and in affirming the circuit court's equitable reallocation of the settlement funds.”

Jeremy A. Dantin, of Harrison, White, Smith & Coggins, P.C., of Spartanburg, for Appellant. Richard B. Kale, Jr., of Wilson Jones Carter & Baxley, P.A., of Greenville, for Respondent. Grady L. Beard, B. Gibbs Leaphart, Jr. and Nicolas L. Haigler, of Sowell, Gray, Stepp & Laffitte, L.L.C., of Columbia, for amicus curiae, Municipal Association of South Carolina.

Brandon Bentley (Appellant), a deputy sheriff with the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Department, alleged that he developed "PTSD and depression" after he shot and killed a suspect who tried to attack him. An Appellate Panel of the Commission unanimously found that Appellant failed to meet his burden of proof in establishing a compensable mental injury that arose out of an "unusual or extraordinary condition" of employment for a Spartanburg County Sheriff's Deputy. Bentley now appeals.

Gene M. Connell, Jr., of Kelaher, Connell & Connor, P.C., of Surfside Beach, for Appellant. Michael W. Battle, of Battle, Vaught & Howe, PA, of Conway, Attorney General Alan Wilson, Assistant Deputy Attorney General J. Emory Smith, Jr., of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, all for Respondents.

Appellant seeks review of the trial court’s denial of motions for a directed verdict.

Disciplinary Counsel Lesley M. Coggiola and Assistant Disciplinary Counsel William C. Campbell, of Columbia, for the Office of Disciplinary Counsel. Harry Leslie Devoe, Jr., of New Zion, for Respondent.

This is an Attorney Disciplinary matter.

C. Mitchell Brown and Sue Erwin Harper, both of Columbia, Richard A. Farrier, all of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, of Charleston, Amy Lohr Gaffney, of Gaffney Lewis & Edwards, LLC, of Columbia, all for Appellants. Clayton B. McCullough, of McCullough Kahn, LLC, of Charleston, for Respondent.

This is a direct appeal from the trial Court’s order denying Appellants’ motion to compel arbitration.

John S. Nichols and Blake Hewitt, both of Bluestein, Nichols, Thompson & Delgado, LLC, of Columbia, for Petitioner. John C. Glancy, of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, of Greenville, Charles E. Carpenter, Jr, of Carpenter Appeals & Trial Support, LLC, of Columbia, Henry L. Parr, Jr., David H. Koysza and Martin M. Tomlinson, all of Wyche Burgess Freeman & Parham, PA, of Greenville, all for Respondent.

This Court granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals’ decision in Milliken & Co. v. Morin, 386 S.C. 1, 685 S.E.2d 828 (Ct. App. 2009), wherein the Court held the invention assignment and confidentiality clauses in Milliken’s employment agreement with Morin were enforceable.

Bradley A. Floyd, of The Floyd Law Firm, of Surfside Beach, for Appellant. Timothy A. Domin, of Clawson & Staubes, LLC, of Charleston, for Respondent.

Frank R. Ellerbe, III and Wilson W. McDonald, both of Robinson, McFadden & Moore, of Columbia, for Appellant. Frederick A. Gertz, of Gertz & Moore, of Columbia, Thornwell F. Sowell and David C. Dick, both of Sowell, Gray, Stepp & Laffitte, L.L.C., of Columbia, for Respondent.

Appellant seeks reversal of the circuit court’s grant of a preliminary injunction restraining Appellant from drawing on a letter of credit.

Patricia Logan Harrison, of Columbia, M. Dawes Cooke, Jr., of Barnwell Whaley Patterson & Helms, LLC, of Charleston and Peter D. Protopapas and Brian D. Newman, of Rikard & Protopapas, of Columbia, for Appellant. Kenneth P. Woodington, of Davidson & Lindemann, PA, of Columbia, Christian Stegmaier, Joel W. Collins, Jr. and Amy L. Neuschafer, both of Collins & Lacy, of Columbia, all for Respondents.

Edward Mims filed a complaint against the Babcock Center and others alleging he sustained physical injuries while under their care. The circuit court dismissed the complaint. Mims appeals, arguing (1) S.C. Code Ann. § 15-3-20 extends the time for service of a complaint by 120 days after the end of the statute of limitations; (2) equitable or statutory tolling for persons with disabilities prevents dismissal of the complaint; (3) the circuit court erred in relying upon Rule 41(b), SCRCP, regarding dismissal for failure to prosecute; and (4) Rule 15, SCRCP does not require a plaintiff to serve the original complaint on the defendants when an amended complaint was filed and served before an answer to the original complaint was served.

James B. Richardson, Jr. and Steven R. Anderson, both of Columbia, for Petitioner. William E. Booth, III, of West Columbia, for Respondent.

This case involves the equitable disposition of proceeds from a partition sale between co-tenants.