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The summary below each case is prepared to offer lawyers and the public a general overview of what issues are included in a case which will be argued. The summary is not a limit on what issues a party to a case may present at oral argument.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 | |
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4946 Transportation Insurance Company and Flagstar Corporation, Carrier/Respondent, v. South Carolina Second Injury Fund, Appellant. Travelers Insurance Company and Barclays American, Carrier/ Respondent, v. South Carolina Second Injury Fund, Appellant. Travelers Insurance Company and It's Fashion, Carrier/Respondent, v. South Carolina Second Injury Fund, Appellant. Great American Insurance Co. and Yuasa Exide, Inc., Carrier/Respondent, v. South Carolina Second Injury Fund, Appellant. Travelers Insurance Company and Marc Knapp DBA, Carrier/Respondent, v. South Carolina Second Injury Fund, Appellant. Travelers Insurance Company and All American Termite & Pest, Carrier/Respondent, v. South Carolina Second Injury Fund, Appellant. Latonya Dilligard Edwards, of Columbia, for Appellant. Deborah Casey Brown and Kyle A. Hougham, both of Gallivan, White & Boyd, PA, of Greenville, for Respondents Transportation Insurance Company and Flagstar Corporation. Jason Alexander Griggs, of Willson Jones Carter & Baxley P.A., of Greenville, for Respondents Travelers, Barclays American, Knapp, All American Termite and Its Fashion. Vernon F. Dunbar, of Turner Padget Graham & Laney, of Greenville, for Respondents Great American and Yuasa Exide. Stephen L. Brown, William L. Howard and Russell G. Hines, all of Young Clement Rivers, LLP, of Charleston, for Respondent Great American Insurance Company. Does the general ten-year statute of limitations apply to reimbursement cases pursued against the SC Second Injury Fund?
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4947 Elizabeth N. Timmons, Individually and through her Attorney-in-Fact, Charles T. Timmons, Petitioner, v. Jane T. Starkey and UBS Financial Services Inc., Defendants, of whom UBS Financial Services Inc. is the Respondent. Mitchell C. Payne and Charles M. Black, Jr., both of Warner, Payne and Black, of Columbia, and S. Brook Fowler, of Carter Smith Merriam Rogers & Traxler PA, of Greenville, for Petitioner. James N. Gorsline, of King and Spalding, of Atlanta, Georgia and Cory Hohnbaum, of King & Spalding, of Charlotte, North Carolina, for Respondent.
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4949 Erick L. Bradshaw, Sr., Doreen Montepara, and Michael Montepara, Appellants, v. Anderson County, Edwin E. Moore, individually, Thomas Allen, individually, and Robert E. Waldrep, Jr., individually, Respondents. Candy Kern-Fuller, of Easley, for Appellants. Frank S. Holleman, III, J. Theodore Gentry and David H. Koysza, all of Wyche Burgess Freeman & Parham, PA, of Greenville, for Respondents Anderson County and Edwin E. Moore, individually. Francis G. Delleney, Jr. and Brian T. Grier, both of Hamilton, Delleney & Gibbons, P.A., of Chester, for Respondents Thomas Allen and Robert E. Waldrep,Jr. In this direct appeal, this Court reviews the circuit court’s dismissal of Appellant Bradshaw’s action against Respondent Anderson County.
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Thursday, May 13, 2010 | |
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4950 Travelscape, LLC, Appellant, v. South Carolina Department of Revenue, Respondent. Stephen P. Groves,Sr., Thomas S. Tisdale, Jr. and Burnet R. Maybank, III, all of Nexsen Pruet, LLC, of Charleston, James P. Karen, David Cowling and Lily H. Shanks, all of Jones Day of Dallas, Texas and John M. Allan, of Jones Day Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellant. Milton Gary Kimpson, Andrew L. Richardson, Jr., Caroline Raines and Ronald W. Urban, all of Columbia, for Respondent. The issue in this case is whether South Carolina’s Accommodations Tax, S.C. Code Ann. § 12-36-920, extends to the amounts Travelscape, LLC charges and retains for its role as an online facilitator of hotel reservation bookings.
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4951 South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, Respondent, v. Osier Palmer Blackwell, III, Appellant. Ricky Keith Harris, of Spartanburg, for Appellant. Philip S. Porter, Frank L. Valenta, Jr. and Linda A. Grice, all of Blythewood, for Respondent. This case concerns whether or not a conviction for driving with an unlawful alcohol concentration constitutes a major violation under South Carolina’s habitual traffic offender statute.
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010 | |
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4954 The State, Respondent, v. James Nichols Padgett, Appellant. Katherine Dunbar Landess, of Columbia, for Appellant. 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 and Assistant Attorney General Mark Farthing, all of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia and Solicitor Robert Mills Ariail, of Greenville, for Respondent.
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4955 Jerry H. Risher, Respondent, v. The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, Appellant, State of South Carolina and South Carolina Coastal Conservation League, Intervenors, of whom South Carolina Coastal Conservation League is, Appellant. Davis Whitfield-Cargile, of Charleston, for Appellant, South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control - Ocean & Coastal Resource Management. Amy E. Armstrong and James S. Chandler, Jr., of Pawleys Island, for Appellant, South Carolina Coastal Conservation League. Mary D. Shahid and R. Cody Lenhardt, Jr., both of McNair Law Firm, PA, of Charleston, for Respondent. This appeal concerns the ALC's determination that 0.269 acres of land is not subject to regulations restricting the ability of landowner to build a vehicular bridge for access.
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4956 Eric U. Fowler and Melissa W. (Dawn) Fowler, Respondents, v. Sallie Hunter, Gynecologic Oncology Associates, Selective Insurance Company of South Carolina and Insurance Associates, Inc., Defendants, of whom Selective Insurance Company of South Carolina is, Respondent and Insurance Associates, Inc., is, Petitioner. F. Matlock Elliott and Joshua L. Howard, both of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., of Greenville, for Petitioner. Rodney M. Brown, of Younts Alford Brown & Goodson, of Fountain Inn, for Respondents Eric U. Fowler and Melissa W. (Dawn) Fowler. Andrew F. Lindemann, of Davidson & Lindemann, of Columbia, for Respondent Selective Insurance Company of South Carolina. Appellants seek review of a Court of Appeals' decision, which reversed the trial court’s dismissal of certain causes of action filed against them.
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010 | |
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4948 Sara Mae Robinson, et al., Petitioners, v. The Estate of Eloise Pinckney Harris, et al., Defendants, of whom David Savage and Lisa M. Shogry-Savage are Respondents.
Walter Bilbro, Jr., of Charleston and Donald Higgins Howe, of Howe & Wyndham, LLP, of Charleston, for Petitioners. Robert E. Stepp, Amy L. B. Hill and Tina Cundari, all of Sowell, Gray, Stepp & Laffitte, L.L.C., of Columbia, for Respondents. Charles M. Feeley, of Summerville, Guardian Ad Litem. This Court granted the petition for a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' decision in Robinson v. Estate of Harris, Op. No. 2008-UP-649 (S.C. Ct. App. filed Nov. 24, 2008).
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3 Sara Mae Robinson, et al., Petitioner, v. The Estate of Eloise Pinckney Harris, et al. Defendants, of whom Debbie S. Dinovo, is Respondent. Walter Bilbro, Jr., of Charleston and Donald Higgins Howe, of Howe & Wyndham, LLP, of Charleston, for Petitioners. William C. Cleveland, III and John C. Hawk, IV, both of Buist, Moore, Smythe and McGee, of Charleston for Respondent. Charles M. Feeley, of Summerville, Guardian ad Litem. This Court granted the petition for a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' decision in Robinson v. Estate of Harris, Op. No. 2008-UP-647 (S.C. Ct. App. filed Nov. 24, 2008).
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8 Sara Mae Robinson, et al., Petitioners, v. The Estate of Eloise Pinckney Harris, et al., Defendants, of whom The Converse Company LLC is Respondent.
Walter Bilbro, Jr., of Charleston and Donald Higgins Howe, of Howe & Wyndham, LLP, of Charleston, for Petitioners. John J. Hearn, of Rogers Townsend and Thomas, of Columbia, for Respondent. Charles M. Feeley, of Summerville, Guardian ad Litem. This Court granted the petition for a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' decision in Robinson v. Estate of Harris, Op. No. 2008-UP-648 (S.C. Ct. App. filed Nov. 24, 2008).
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4953 Sara Mae Robinson, et al., Petitioners, v. The Estate of Eloise Pinckney Harris, et al., Defendants, of whom Martine A. Hutton is Respondent.
Walter Bilbro, Jr., of Charleston and Donald Higgins Howe, of Howe & Wyndham, LLP, of Charleston, for Petitioners. Louis H. Lang, of Callison Tighe and Robinson, of Columbia, for Respondent. Charles M. Feeley, of Summerville, Guardian ad Litem. This Court granted the petition for a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals decision in Robinson v. Estate of Harris, Op. No. 2008-UP-646 (S.C. Ct. App. filed Nov. 24, 2008).
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4958 Sara Mae Robinson, Respondent, v. The Estate of Eloise Pinckney Harris, et al., Defendants, of whom The Estate of Eloise Pinckney Harris, Jerome C. Harris and Judy P. Singleton are Petitioners. Edward M. Brown, of Charleston, for Petitioners. Walter Bilbro, Jr., of Charleston and Donald Higgins Howe, of Howe & Wyndham, LLP, of Charleston, for Respondents. Charles M. Feeley, of Summerville, Guardian Ad Litem. This Court granted a petition for a writ of certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Appeals in Robinson v. Estate of Harris, Op. No. 2008-UP-705 (S.C. Ct. App. filed Dec. 16, 2008).
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Thursday, May 27, 2010 | |
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4957 James Fisher, Respondent, v. Jill M. Tucker and Tommy C. Tucker, Appellants. William Patrick Yon, of Chapman, Byrholdt & Yon, of Anderson, for Appellants. Kenneth Philip Shabel, of Campbell & Shabel, of Spartanburg, for Respondent. Mary Jane Goodwin, of Anderson, Guardian Ad Litem. In this case, Appellants challenge the family court’s order declaring Respondent’s paternity.
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4959 The Huxfield Cemetery Association, Appellant, v. Bobby L. Elliott, Betty Sue McAllister, Charles C. Elliott, Buckie W. Elliott, Mary Lee E. Phillips and Larry Allen Elliott, Respondents. W.E. Jenkinson, III, and M. Amanda Harrelson Shuler, both of Jenkinson, Jarrett and Kellahan, of Kingstree, for Appellant. Robert J. Moran, of Murrells Inlet, for Respondents.
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4960 Georgetown County League of Women Voters, Appellant, v. Smith Land Company, Inc., Respondent. James S. Chandler, Jr., and Amy E. Armstrong, both of Pawleys Island, for Appellant. Norwood David DuRant, of Surfside Beach, for Respondent. The issue in this appeal is whether Smith Land Company violated the Pollution Control Act by discharging fill material into waters of the State without a permit from the Department of Health and Environmental Control.
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Cases to be Submitted Without Oral Argument | |
Kenneth B. Scott, Jr., Petitioner, v. State of South Carolina, Respondent. |
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Tara Dawn Shurling, of Columbia, for Petitioner. The Honorable Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott and Assistant Attorney General Karen C. Ratigan, all of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, for Respondent. |