Tara Shurling, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, all of Columbia, and Solicitor Cecil Kelly Jackson, of Sumter, for Respondent.

In this criminal matter, Dingle appeals the circuit court’s decision to resentence him instead of holding a new trial after his sentences were vacated and the matter was remanded by the post-conviction relief court.

Holly Palmer Beeson, of Baker, Ravenel & Bender, of Columbia, and William S. Tetterton, of Camden, for Appellants. Weston Adams, III, Jillian M. Benson and Walter Ralph Frye, III, all of McAngus Goudelock & Courie, of Columbia, and Charles V.B. Cushman, III, of Camden, for Respondent. Robert J. Sheheen, of Savage, Royall & Sheheen, of Camden, for Amicus Curiae Adjoining Landowners and the Trustees of the Legacy of Mary Boykin Chestnut.

J. Hubert Wood, III, and Jason A. Williams, both of Wood, Porter & Warder, of Charleston, for Appellants Environmental Management Services and Reliance National Insurance. Darryl D. Smalls, of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, of Columbia, for Appellant South Carolina Property & Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association. J. Kevin Holmes, of The Steinberg Law Firm, of Charleston, for Respondent.

This workers compensation appeal challenges factual findings and the claimant's right to benefits as an illegal alien worker.

Phillip E. Reeves and Jennifer D. Eubanks, both of Gallivan, White & Boyd, of Greenville, for Petitioners. Benjamin C. Harrison and Max T. Hyde, Jr., and Jeremy A. Dantin, all of Harrison, White, Smith & Coggins, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

The Court granted certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Appeals in Coakley v. Horace Mann, 363 S.C. 147, 609 S.E.2d 537 (Ct. App. 2005). The case involves the applicability of excess liability coverage.

T. S. Stern, Jr., of Covington Patrick Hagins Stern & Lewis, of Greenville, for Petitioner. Beacham O. Brooker, Jr., of Columbia, for Respondent. L. Franklin Elmore, of Elmore & Wall, of Greenville, for Amicus Curiae The Carolinas Associated General Contractors. Charles H. McDonald and Daniel T. Brailsford, both of Robinson, McFadden & Moore, of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae American Subcontractors Association of the Carolinas.

The Court granted certiorari to review the court of appeals’ decision holding that no private right of action exists for a subcontractor to bring a claim against SCDOT for failure to require the general contractor for a highway maintenance project to secure a payment bond in accordance with S.C. Code Ann. § 29-6-250.

Thomas H. Coker, Jr., and Joel M. Bondurant, Jr., both of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, of Greenville, and John Dean Marshall, Jr., of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, of Atlanta, GA, for Appellant. Frank H. Gibbes, III, and Stephanie H. Burton, both of Gibbes Burton, LLC, of Spartanburg, and H. Spencer King, of Spartanburg, for Respondent. L. Franklin Elmore, of Elmore & Wall, of Greenville, for Amicus Curiae The Carolinas Associated General Contractors. Charles H. McDonald, and Daniel T. Brailsford, of Robinson, McFadden & Moore, of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae American Subcontractors Association of the Carolinas.

The Court granted certiorari to review the trial court’s dismissal of a contractor’s cause of action against the City of Spartanburg for failure to require a developer working on a city project to obtain a payment bond. The trial court based its dismissal of the claim on the court of appeals’ decision in Sloan Construction Co., Inc. v. Southco Grassing Inc.

Chief Appellate Defender Joseph L. Savitz, III, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General 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 Columbia, for Respondent

The petition for rehearing was granted in this case. The issues involve whether consecutive sentencing has any impact on petitioner’s parole eligibility and whether the offense of common law escape still exists.

Anita Ruth Floyd, of Conway, for Appellant/Respondent. Randall K. Mullins, of Mullins Law Firm, of North Myrtle Beach, for Respondent/Appellant. David Storm, of Arlington, TX, pro se Respondent. Charles Richard Rhodes, Jr., of Dantzler & Rhodes, of Conway, Guardian ad Litem. Melissa Meyers Frazier, of Wylie & Frazier, of North Myrtle Beach, Guardian ad Litem.

This is a family court case involving issues of custody, grandparent visitation, attorney fees, and guardian ad litem fees.

Andrew F. Lindemann, of Davidson Morrison & Lindemann, of Columbia, Frank B. McMaster and John Gregg McMaster, both of Tompkins & McMaster, of Columbia, all for Appellant/Respondent. Charles L. Henshaw, Jr., of Furr, Henshaw & Ohanesian, of Columbia, and Robert C. Ashley, of Ormand, Ashley & Gibbons, of Columbia, for Respondent/Appellant Matthew A. Giannini. Jeffrey Scott Holcombe, of Columbia, for Respondent/Appellant Tracy Golden. Sherod H. Eadon, Jr., of Lee, Eadon, Isgett & Popwell, of Columbia, for Respondent/Appellant Roderic Bradley.

These are consolidated tort claims cases arising out of a motor vehicle accident on I-77 near Percival Road in Richland County. The three Respondent/Appellants filed suit against SCDOT for negligent construction due to the lack of median barriers at the location of the accident. The jury returned verdicts in the plaintiff’s favor of $1.5 million (victim deceased), $745,000, and $645,000. The trial court denied SCDOT’s motions for JNOV and a new trial, but did reduce the verdicts of each plaintiff to $200,000, in accordance with the statutory tort claims caps. Both sides appeal.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, all of Columbia, and Solicitor Robert M. Ariail, of Greenville, for Petitioner. Chief Appellate Defender Joseph L. Savitz, III, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Respondent.

This is an appeal of an order granting a new trial based upon a witness’ comment about a polygraph test.

Chief Appellate Defender Joseph L. Savitz, III, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, Assistant Attorney General S. Creighton Waters, all of Columbia, and Solicitor Cecil Kelly Jackson, of Sumter, for Respondent.

In this appeal from a capital sentencing proceeding, Appellant alleges that the testimony of the victim’s widow introduced an arbitrary factor into the jury’s deliberation, and that his death sentence should therefore be reversed.

Gregory Samuel Forman, of Charleston, and Norbert E. Cummings, Jr., of Cummings Law Firm, of Summerville, for Appellant. Anthony P. LaMantia, III, and Allison J. LaMantia, both of LaMantia Law Firm, of Charleston, and Mary Kathryn Schmutz, of Schmutz & Schmutz, of Charleston, for Respondent.

In this appeal from an order of protection in a domestic abuse action, Husband challenges the order on due process and equal protection grounds.

Raymond William Godwin, of Greenville, for Appellants. Robert L. Jackson, of Jackson & Jackson, of Columbia, for Respondent Birthmother. Ralph Lowery, Jr., of Rockfort, IL, pro se. F. Earl Ellis, Jr., of Ellis Lawhorne & Sims of Columbia, for Guardian ad Litem.

This is an adoption case involving issues of jurisdiction under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act.