Appellate Defender Kathrine Haggard Hudgins, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott and Assistant Attorney General Christina J. Catoe, all of Columbia, and Solicitor John Gregory Hembree, of Conway, for Respondent.

In this appeal, the Court reviews the decision of the court of appeals in State v. Wesley Smith, 391 S.C. 353, 705 S.E.2d 491 (Ct. App. 2011) affirming Petitioner's conviction for homicide by child abuse in violation of S.C. Code section 16-3-85(A)(2).

Joshua Matthew Henderson and Matthew A. Henderson, both of Henderson Brandt & Vieth, P.A., of Spartanburg, for Petitioner. Peter H. Dworjanyn, Christian Stegmaier and Amy L. Neuschafer, all of Collins and Lacy, PC, of Columbia, for Respondent.

The Court granted certiorari to review the court of appeals' opinion holding that Section 5-19-270 of the South Carolina Code provides the exclusive method of service on a foreign insurance company.

Sandra L. W. Miller, of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP, of Greenville, Perry D. Boulier and W. McElhaney White, both of Holcombe Bomar, P.A., of Spartanburg, D. Jay Davis, Jr., William L. Howard and Russell G. Hines, all of Young Clement Rivers, LLP, of Charleston, Carmelo Barone Sammataro and Robert Gerald Chambers, Jr., both of Turner Padget Graham & Laney, P.A., of Columbia, Malcolm J. Harkins, III, of Proskauer Rose, LLP, of Washington, DC and Lori D. Proctor, of Serpe, Jones, Andrews, Callender & Bell, PLLC, of Houston, Texas, for Appellants. John S. Nichols, of Bluestein, Nichols, Thompson & Delgado, LLC, of Columbia, Matt Christian, of Christian and Davis, LLC, of Greenville, and Marion S. Fowler, III, of Fowler Law Firm, of Lake City, for Respondent. Kenneth W. Zeller, of Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae, AARP Foundation Litigation.

This is a direct appeal from a series of orders denying a nursing home and its affiliated entities and individuals request for arbitration.

John D. Elliott, of Columbia, for Appellant. Tobias Gavin Ward, Jr., James Derrick Jackson, Evans T. Barnette, of Johnson & Barnette, LLP, and Robert A. McKenzie, of McDonald, McKenzie, Rubin, Miller and Lybrand, LLP, all of Columbia, for Respondents.

Ursula Pallares brought this action asserting five causes of action against her neighbors, Sharon Seinar and Lisa Maseng (Respondents) as a result of an ongoing dispute. The circuit court granted summary judgment to Respondents on Pallares's claims for malicious prosecution, abuse of process, and civil conspiracy, but denied summary judgment as to the remaining claims of invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Pallares now appeals the grant of summary judgment on her claims for malicious prosecution and abuse of process.

Stephen Peterson Groves, Sr. and Jeffrey Scott Tibbals, Sr., both of Nexsen Pruet, LLC, of Charleston, and Thomas S. Tisdale, Jr., of Hellman & Yates, PA, of Charleston, for Petitioners. Andrew F. Lindemann, of Davidson & Lindemann, PA, of Columbia, and Marshall H. Waldron, Jr., of Griffith Sadler & Sharp, PA, of Beaufort, for Respondents.

In this appeal, the Court reviews the decision of the court of appeals in Trask v. Beaufort County, 392 S.C. 560, 709 S.E.2d 536 (Ct. App. 2011) insofar as certain claims relate to Curtis Copeland Individually and Copeland Company of Beaufort, LLC.

Andrew Nathan Safran, of Columbia, for Petitioner/Respondent. E. Ros Huff, Jr., and Shelby Hapeshis Kellahan, both of Irmo, Mark Davis Cauthen and Temus C. Miles, Jr., both of McKay Cauthen Settana & Stubley, PA, of Columbia, for Petitioners/Respondents.

This case concerns the award and disposition of a lump sum workers compensation benefit when the beneficiary dies while the award's appeal is pending.