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., all of Columbia and Solicitor Walter M. Bailey, Jr., of Summerville, for Petitioner. Mark Alan Leiendecker, of Summerville, Kelly Knight Byrd and Jennifer L. Queen, both of Knight Law Firm, of Summerville, for Respondent.

The Court granted certiorari to consider a Court of Appeals decision finding respondent should be afforded a new trial because the circuit court erred in admitting "prior bad acts" evidence.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Robert D. Cook and Senior Assistant Attorney General C. Havird Jones, Jr., all of Columbia, for Appellant and Intervenor. Richard Mark Gergel and W. Allen Nickles, III, both of Gergel, Nickles & Solomon, PA, of Columbia, for Intervenor. Jonathan Scott Altman, of Derfner, Altman & Wilborn, of Charleston, H. Woodrow Gooding, of Gooding & Gooding, of Allendale, A. Camden Lewis and Ariail E. King, both of Lewis, Babcock & Hawkins, of Columbia, for Respondent.

In this case, the magistrate court ruled, and the circuit court affirmed, that the “Chess Challenge II games examined and all those operating in an identical manner are games of skill that are lawful.” Appellants have raised the following issues for review: (1) whether the lower courts had jurisdiction to rule on the legality of machines not before the court, and (2) whether the orders should be voided for lack of case or controversy and lack of notice to SLED.

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., all of Columbia, and Solicitor Edgar Lewis Clements, III, of Florence, for Petitioner. Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Respondent.

In this case, the family court adjudicated respondent delinquent on the charges of threatening a public official and breach of peace. The Court of Appeals reversed. We are asked to determine the following issues: (1) Did the Court of Appeals err by finding a directed verdict should have been entered on the charge of breach of peace? (2) Did the Court of Appeals err by finding a directed verdict should have been entered on the charge of threatening a public official?

James J. Raman, of Spartanburg, for Petitioner. Donald E. Rothwell, of Rothwell Law Firm and Scott Louis Hood, both of Irmo, for Respondent.

This is a Court of Appeals certiorari. The issue on appeal is whether the Court of Appeals erred in finding that Murphy, a party to the action, was not entitled to a witness fee and mileage for attending a deposition.

O. Fayrell Furr, Jr. and Karolan F. Ohanesian, of Furr, Henshaw & Ohanesian and Glenn V. Ohanesian, of Ohaneisan & Ohanesian, all of Myrtle Beach, for Appellant. Stephen L. Brown, John Hamilton Smith, Sr. and D. Jay Davis, Jr., all of Young Clement Rivers & Tisdale, of Charleston, for Respondents.

In this appeal, the Supreme Court is asked to decide the novel issue of whether South Carolina will recognize a cause of action for "wrongful life." Such a lawsuit is brought by or on behalf of an infant or child born with a congenital defect. The infant or child alleges that, because of the negligence of the defendant health care provider, his parents either decided to conceive him ignorant of the risk of an impairment or birth defect, or were deprived of information during gestation that would have prompted them to terminate the pregnancy.

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., all of Columbia, and Solicitor Druanne Dykes White, of Anderson, for Petitioner. Assistant Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, of Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Respondent.

The Court granted certiorari to consider an en banc Court of Appeals decision holding that territorial jurisdiction is a component of subject matter jurisdiction.

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, all of Columbia, and Solicitor Robert M. Ariail, of Greenville, for Respondent.

This Court granted certiorari to consider a court of appeals decision holding the admission of Petitioner's prior convictions was a harmelss error.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson and Assistant Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe, all of Columbia, and Solicitor Walter M. Bailey, Jr., of Summerville, for Petitioner-Respondent. Assistant Appellate Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary, of Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Respondent-Petitioner.

This criminal case involves the issues of whether the Court of Appeals erred by affirming the trial court's failure to suppress an in-court identification and whether the Court of Appeals erred by holding the trial court improperly disallowed the defendant's attempt to strike a juror who had previously been struck in violation of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986).

Acting Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz, III, of Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka and Assistant Attorney General Derrick K. McFarland, all of Columbia, and Solicitor Robert M. Ariail, of Greenville, for Respondent.

This is a death penalty case. The issue on appeal is whether the trial court committed reversible error in advising the defendant concerning his waiver of a jury trial that it is not uncommon for jurors to advise the court during voir dire that they are in favor of the death penalty when, in reality, they are opposed to the death penalty and will attempt to be seated on the jury in order to vote for a sentence of life.

Alysoun Meree Eversole, of Beaufort, for Petitioner. Derek C. Gilbert, of Harvey & Battey, of Beaufort, for Respondents

This case involves, among other things, whether the Court of Appeals erred in concluding Petitioner did not establish title by adverse possession.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott and Assistant Attorney General David Spencer, all of Columbia and Solicitor Harold W. Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg, for Petitioner. Jack B. Swerling, of Columbia, for Respondent.

This is a cocaine trafficking case. The issue is whether the Court of Appeals erred by holding that Respondent was entitled to a directed verdict because Respondent purchased imitation cocaine instead of real cocaine in a drug transaction involving a police informant.

James M. Holly, of Hull Towill Norman Barrett & Salley, of Aiken and David E. Hudson, of Hull Towill Norman Barrett & Salley, of Augusta, GA, for Petitioners. Douglas K. Kotti, of Columbia, for Respondent. Jay Bender, of Baker, Ravenel & Bender, L.L.P., of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae SC Press Association and SC Broadcasters Association.

This is a libel case brought by a public figure against a newspaper.

John E. Parker and Bert G. Utsey, III, both of Peters Murdaugh Parker Eltzroth & Detrick of Walterboro, for Appellant. Stephen L. Brown, John Hamilton Smith and D. Jay Davis, Jr., all of Young Clement Rivers & Tisdale, of Charleston, for Respondents W.W. King, M.D., and David E. Meacher, M.D., P.A. C. Mitchell Brown, Zoe Sanders Nettles and Elizabeth H. Campbell, all of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, of Columbia, for Respondent Columbia/Colleton Regional Hospital, Inc.

In this medical malpractice case, appellant challenges verdicts directed in favor of the hospital on two specifications of negligence and the exclusion of evidence.

Kenneth Ray Raynor, of Templeton & Raynor, of Charlotte, NC, for Appellant-Respondent. Larry Dale Dove, of Rock Hill and Kenneth M. Suggs, of Suggs & Kelly Lawyers, PA, of Columbia, for Respondent-Appellant.

This is a negligence action in which the parties have filed cross-appeals. The issues are whether the circuit court erred in granting the plaintiff partial summary judgment precluding the defendant from asserting a set-off based upon an award of workers' compensation benefits and whether the circuit court erred in reducing the actual damages based upon comparative negligence because the jury found the defendant was reckless, willful, and wanton when it awarded punitive damages

Darrell Thomas Johnson, Jr. and Mills L. Morrison, Jr., both of Hardeeville, for Petitioner. H. Fred Kuhn, Jr., of Moss, Kuhn & Fleming, P.A., of Beaufort, for Respondent.

This case involves, among other things, whether the Court of Appeals erred in concluding Petitioner failed to establish an easement by prescription or dedication over Respondent's property.