James B. Richardson, Jr., of James B. Richardson, PC, of Columbia and James R. Honeycutt, of Fort Mill, for Petitioner. John Brandt Rucker and Allyson Sue Rucker, of The Rucker Law Firm, LLC, of Greenville, for Respondent.

The Court granted a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in Grungo-Smith v. Grungo, 438 S.C. 508, 884 S.E.2d 219 (Ct. App. 2023).

James David George, Jr. and C. Daniel Vega, of Smith, Born, Leventis, Taylor & Vega, LLC, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Johnnie W. Baxley, III, of Wilson Jones Carter & Baxley, P.A., of North Charleston, for Respondents.

In this worker's compensation case, Paula Russell petitioned for a writ of certiorari from the court of appeals opinion in Russell v. Wal Mart Stores, Inc., Op. Np. 2022 UP 422 (S.C. Ct. App. filed Nov. 23, 2022), wherein the court of appeals affirmed the Worker's Compensation Commission's Appellate Panel's (the Commission's) determination that Russell did not suffer a change of condition for the worse and was not entitled to further worker's compensation benefits. We will consider whether the court of appeals erred in (1) finding the Commission did not require Russell to prove her claim with objective evidence, (2) finding substantial evidence supported the Commission's determination that Russell did not suffer a change of condition for the worse, and (3) not addressing whether the Commission erred in finding her testimony "self-serving" and "conclusory."

James Paul Porter and Harper Lee Hutson, of Cromer Babb & Porter, LLC, of Columbia, for Petitioner. George A. Reeves, III, of Fisher & Phillips, LLP of Columbia and Jason D. Keck, of Fisher & Phillips, LLP of Chicago, IL, for Respondents.

Daniel Scott Slotchiver and Andrew Joseph McCumber, of Slotchiver & Slotchiver, LLP; Brent Souther Halversen, of Halversen and Halversen, LLC; and Jesse Sanchez, of The Law Office of Jesse Sanchez, LLC, all of Mount Pleasant, for Petitioner. Todd W. Smyth and Allie Aleece Maples, of Smyth Whitley, LLC, of Charleston, for Respondents.

The Court granted a petition for a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' opinion in Whitfield v. Schimpf, Op. No. 2022-UP-417 (S.C. Ct. App. dated Nov. 23, 2022). Whitfield argues the trial court erred by (1) admitting testimony about the defense experts' examinations of Whitfield and (2) excluding testimony about a personal relationship between Schimpf and a witness.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Mark Reynolds Farthing, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Dayne C. Phillips, of Price Benowitz, LLP, of Columbia, for Respondent.

We granted the State's petition for a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in In the Matter of Lauren Martel, Esq., Op. No. 2023-UP-254 (S.C. Ct. App. filed June 28, 2023), which reversed the family court's order holding Respondent in contempt of court. The Court will determine whether Respondent's failure to serve her notice of appeal on the State deprived the court of appeals of appellate jurisdiction.

Charles Harry McDonald, of Belser Law Firm, P.A.; Matthew Anderson Nickles, of Rogers, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman, LLC; and Beth B. Richardson, of Robinson Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, all of Columbia, for Petitioners. Steven Raymond Kropski, of Earhart Overstreet, LLC, of Charleston, for Respondent.

In this arbitration case, the Court will be considering whether the Court of Appeals erred in upholding the trial court's grant of a motion to compel arbitration.

Roy T. Willey, IV, Eric Marc Poulin and Lane Douglas Jefferies, of Poulin Willey Anastapoulo, LLC, of Charleston, for Petitioner. Robert William Whelan, of Whelan Mellen & Norris, LLC, of Charleston, for Respondent.

Ninth Circuit Public Defender Cameron Jane Blazer, of Charleston, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Ambree Michele Muller, both of Columbia; and Solicitor William Walter Wilkins, III, of Greenville, all for Respondent.

The Court granted a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in State v. Clark, 438 S.C. 495, 884 S.E.2d 212 (Ct. App. 2023).

Appellate Defender David Alexander, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Joshua Abraham Edwards, both of Columbia; and Solicitor John William Weeks, of Aiken, all for Respondent.

The Court granted a petition for a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' opinion in State v. Carter, 438 S.C. 463, 884 S.E.2d 195 (Ct. App. 2022). Carter argues the trial court erred in failing to suppress evidence obtained from the police's use of his real-time cell site location information.

Larry Conrad Marchant, Jr., of Law Office of Larry C. Marchant, Jr. and David Douglas Hawkins, of The Hawkins Law Office, LLC, both of Columbia, for Petitioner. Curtis W. Dowling and Matthew G. Gerrald, of Barnes, Alford, Stork & Johnson, LLP, of Columbia; Paul L. Reeves, of Reeves and Lyle, LLC, of Columbia; and Creighton B. Coleman, of Creighton B. Coleman, LLC, of Winnsboro, for Respondents.

We granted Petitioner's petition for a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in Allen v. Richard Winn Acad., Op. No. 2023-UP-129 (S.C. Ct. App. filed March 29, 2023). The Court will determine whether the court of appeals erred in holding the circuit court properly dismissed Petitioner's claims because South Carolina has not recognized a cause of action for either intentional or negligent tortious interference with parental rights.

John E. Schmidt, III and Melissa Javon Copeland, of Schmidt & Copeland, LLC, of Columbia; and James G. Carpenter, of The Carpenter Law Firm, PC, of Greenville, for Appellants. Manton M. Grier, Jr., of State Fiscal Accountability Authority, of Columbia; Michael H. Montgomery, of Montgomery Willard, LLC; and Boyd Benjamin Nicholson, Jr., of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., all of Columbia, for Respondents.

Appellants challenge the constitutionality of S.C. Code Ann. 11-35-4230, from the Procurement Code, asserting it violates Art. I, Sections 8 and 14, as well as Article V, Sections 1 and 11, of the South Carolina Constitution.

James B. Richardson, Jr., of James B. Richardson, P.C., of Columbia, and Peggy McMillan Infinger, of Belk Cobb Infinger & Goldstein, of Charleston, for Petitioner. H. Fred Kuhn, Jr., of Kuhn Law Firm, LLC, of Beaufort, for Respondents.