C. Mitchell Brown, William C. Wood, Jr., and Blake T. Williams, all of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, all of Columbia; and Andrew K. Epting, Jr., of Andrew K. Epting, Jr., LLC, of Charleston, for petitioner. Jesse A. Kirchner, Michael A. Timbes and Thomas J. Rode, all of Thurmond, Kirchner & Timbes, P.A., of Charleston, for respondents. Gray T. Culbreath and Janice Holmes, both of Gallivan, White & Boyd, of Columbia, for amici curiae American Property Casualty Insurance Association of America and The South Carolina Insurance Association. Bert G. Utsey, III of Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth & Detrick, of Charleston; and J. Ashley Twombley, of Twenge & Twombley, of Beaufort, amicus curiae for the South Carolina Association for Justice

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has certified a question of law to this Court pursuant to Rule 244, SCACR.

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Melody J. Brown, Assistant Attorney General J. Anthony Mabry and Assistant Attorney General Susannah R. Cole, all of Columbia and Solicitor S. R. Hubbard, III, of Lexington, for Petitioner. Appellate Defender Susan B. Hackett, of Columbia, for Respondent.

In this appeal concerning the propriety of a "defense of others" charge, the State asserts the court of appeals erred in reversing the trial court's decision to instruct the jury on the charge. At trial, the State requested the charge, noting it planned to use it in an offensive posture. Defense counsel objected, arguing the "defense of others" is a defense to a criminal charge. The trial court agreed with the State and charged the jury accordingly, and the court of appeals reversed.

Thomas P. Gressette, Jr. and G. Trenholm Walker, both of Walker Gressette Freeman & Linton, LLC, of Charleston, for Appellant. Jeffrey M. Nelson and Andrew M. Bateman, both of South Carolina Office of Regulatory Staff, of Columbia, John J. Pringle, Jr. and Lyndey R. Z. Bryant, both of Adams and Reese, LLP, of Columbia, for Respondents.

In this direct appeal, Daufuskie Island Utility Co. appeals the order of the Public Service Commission regarding the adjustment of a public utility rate under Title 58 of the South Carolina Code.

E. Hood Temple, of Hatfield Temple, L.L.P., of Florence and J. Kevin Holmes, of The Steinberg Law Firm, L.L.P., of Charleston, for Petitioner. Sarah C. Sutusky and J. Gabriel Coggiola, both of Willson, Jones, Carter & Baxley, P.A., of Columbia, for Respondents.

The Court granted Ledford's petition for a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' decision in Ledford v. Dep't of Pub. Safety, Op. No. 2018-UP-280 (S.C. Ct. App. filed June 27, 2018), in which the court affirmed the Appellate Panel of the Workers' Compensation Commission and held: (1) the single commissioner was not required to recuse herself; (2) the Appellate Panel's decision to reverse the single commissioner's ruling to overrule the unappealed findings of a prior single commissioner was supported by substantial evidence; and (3) substantial evidence supported the Appellate Panel's findings that Ledford was not credible and his landscaping business remained lucrative following the injury.