Robert A. McKenzie, of McDonald, McKenzie, Rubin, Miller & Lybrand, of Columbia; William C. Tucker, Jr., of Lucas, Alvis & Wash, of Birmingham, Alabama; and Deborah Alley Smith, of Christian & Small, of Birmingham, Alabama, for Petitioner. Henry Dargan McMaster and John Gregg McMaster, both of Columbia, for Respondent.

Whether Norfolk Southern failed to exercise reasonable care and maintain a safe place for Plaintiff to work under the Federal Employer’s Liability Act.

Assistant Appellate Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary, of Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, all of Columbia; and Solicitor J. Gregory Hembree, of Conway, for Respondent.

The Court granted certiorari to consider a Court of Appeals' decision holding that the petitioner was not entitled to a directed verdict on the misprision of a felony charge.

Trent M. Kernodle and Christine Companion Varnado, both of Kernodle, Taylor & Root, of Charleston, for Petitioners Wallace B. Scarborough, et al. Thomas R. Goldstein, of Belk, Cobb, Infinger & Goldstein, of Charleston, for Petitioner W. J. Douan. Mikell Ross Scarborough, of Charleston, for Respondent Charleston County Election Commission. County Attorney Joseph Dawson, III, Assistant County Attorney Bernard E. Ferrara, Jr., and Deputy County Attorney W. Kurt Taylor, all of Charleston County Attorneys Office, of North Charleston, for Intervenor and Respondent Charleston County Council. Charlton deSaussure, Jr., John P. Linton and Sarah P. Spruill, all of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, of Charleston, for Amicus Curiae City of Charleston, et al. R. Allen Young, of Mt. Pleasant, for Amicus Curiae Town of Mt. Pleasant. J. Brady Hair, of North Charleston, for Amicus Curiae City of North Charleston.

In this case, W.J. Douan et al. challenge the State Election Commission’s decision to uphold the election results for the Sales and Use Tax referendum presented to voters during the 2002 general election in Charleston County.

Senior Assistant Attorney General James G. Bogle, Jr., of Columbia, for the Office of Disciplinary Counsel. Coming B. Gibbs, of Gibbs and Holmes, of Charleston, for Respondent.

This disciplinary case involves mishandling of client funds with mitigation asserted for bipolar disorder.

Robert L. Widener, of McNair Law Firm, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Michael S. Seekings, of Mullen, Wylie & Seekings, of Hilton Head Island, for Respondent. Stephen P. Hughes and Mary Bass Lohr, both of Howell, Gibson & Hughes, of Beaufort, for Amicus Curiae Beaufort County Treasurer's Office. Assistant County Attorney Jeffrey D. Wile, of Greenville, for Amicus Curiae Greenville County Tax Collector's Office.

In this action to quiet title on a tax deed, the main issues are whether: (1) spouses at the same address are entitled to separate redemption notices; and (2) the Court of Appeals erred in setting aside the entire tax sale.

Assistant Appellate Defenders Eleanor Duffy Cleary and Robert M. Dudek, both of South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, Senior Assistant Attorney General Norman Mark Rapoport, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Robert M. Ariail, of Greenville, for Respondent.

The question before us is whether the defendant should have been sentenced under the accomodation statute.

Disciplinary Counsel Henry B. Richardson, Jr., and Assistant Disciplinary Counsel Barbara Seymour, for the Office of Disciplinary Counsel. Marvin Daniel Iseman, of Eastover, pro se.

Irby E. Walker, Jr., of Conway, for Appellants Susan Lynn Smith and Terry Smith. Anita Ruth Floyd, of Conway, for Respondents. Deborah Barrett Dantzler, of Dantzler & Rhodes, of Conway, Guardian Ad Litem for Laura Biebel and Kacie Smith. Randall K. Mullins, of North Myrtle Beach, Guardian Ad Litem for David Markley, Jr.

This case challenges the constitutionality of § 20-7-420(33) which allows court-ordered visitation by grandparents.

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Petitioner. 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; and Solicitor Warren B. Giese, of Columbia, for Respondent.

The issue in this criminal case is whether the trial court erred in not instructing the jury on involuntary manslaughter.

Assistant Deputy Attorney General J. Emory Smith, Jr., of Columbia, for the Office of Disciplinary Counsel. R. Dean Welch, of Surfside Beach, pro se.

Robert Scott Dover, of Pickens, for Appellant. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Deputy Attorney General Treva G. Ashworth, Assistant Attorney General Deborah R. Shupe, Assistant Attorney General R. Westmoreland Clarkson, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

On direct appeal, the appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the finding that he is a sexually violent predator, and challenges the constitutionality of the Sexually Violent Predator Act.

Senior Assistant Appellate Defender Wanda H. Haile, of South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, Senior Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs, Jr.; and Solicitor Warren Blair Giese, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

This appeal challenges the constitutionality of the sex offender registry as applied to juveniles.

Harry C. Wilson, Jr., of Lee, Erter, Wilson, James, Holler & Smith, of Sumter, for Petitioners-Respondents. James T. McLaren and C. Dixon Lee, III, both of McLaren & Lee, of Columbia; and Jan L. Warner, of Columbia, for Respondent-Petitioner.

In this divorce case, the issues involve the enforceability of the premarital agreement, equitable division, and attorneys fees.

Tara Dawn Shurling, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Chief Capital and Collateral Litigation Donald J. Zelenka, Assistant Deputy Attorney General B. Allen Bullard, Jr., and Assistant Attorney General Douglas E. Leadbitter, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

This is an appeal regarding whether the trial judge erred in denying Appellant's motion for a directed verdict on the charge of attempted kidnapping, and if not, did the judge err in refusing to allow Appellant's sentence to run concurrently with a sentence imposed in Texas.

Fleet Freeman, of Freeman & Freeman, of Mt. Pleasant, for Plaintiff. John Robert Murphy and Adam J. Neil, both of Murphy & Grantland, of Columbia, for Defendant Zurich Insurance Company. John Smith Wilkerson, III, and Sean A. O'Connor, both of Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, of Charleston, for Defendant Allstate Insurance Company. Stephen P. Groves and Bradish J. Waring, both of Nexsen, Pruet, Jacobs, Pollard & Robinson, of Charleston, for Defendants GAB Robins North America, Inc.& R. S. Townsend. Gray T. Culbreath and Christian Stegmaier, both of Collins & Lacy, of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association.

In this certified question case, the issue is whether the Court will recognize an action for negligent adjustment of a first party claim against an independent insurance adjusting company and the individual adjuster.

Carl F. Muller, Wallace K. Lightsey and John C. Moylan, all of Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham, of Greenville, for Appellant. Joseph E. Major, Kurt M. Rozelsky and Paul E. Hammack, all of Leatherwood, Walker, Todd & Mann, of Greenville, for Respondent.

Chief Attorney Daniel T. Stacey, of South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant. Deputy Director for Legal Services Teresa A. Knox, Legal Counsel Tommy Evans, Jr., and Legal Counsel J. Benjamin Aplin, all of South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole & Pardon Services, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Chief Capital and Collateral Litigation Donald J. Zelenka, Assistant Deputy Attorney General B. Allen Bullard, Jr., and Assistant Attorney General Douglas E. Leadbitter, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

L. Scott Harvin, of the Hetrick Law Firm, of Walterboro, for Petitioner. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, Senior Assistant Attorney General Norman Mark Rapoport, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Randolph Murdaugh, III, of Hampton, for Respondent.

On cert to the Court of Appeals, petitioner challenges her conviction under § 56-1-515(1) for issuing a fictitious license while she was a Division of Motor Vehicles employee.

Richard D. Bybee, of Smith, Bundy, Bybee & Barnett, of Mt. Pleasant; David Guy Pagliarini, of Hinchey, Murray & Pagliarini, of Charleston; and Matthew E. Cline, of Georgia Department of Law, of Atlanta, GA, for Appellant. Gedney M. Howe, III, of Charleston; Darrell T. Johnson, Jr., of Hardeeville; and Stephen A. Spitz, of Columbia, for Respondent.

These consolidated cases involve a challenge to the condemnation of property on the Savannah River for a marine terminal.