Shannon Lee Felder, of Felder Law Firm, of Winnsboro, and Michael Stuart Davenport, of Law Office of Michael Davenport, of Wilmington, NC, for Petitioners. Thomas E. Player, Jr., of Player & McMillan, of Sumter, for Respondent.

In this case, the Court granted certiorari to review Auto-Owners Ins. Co. v. Hamin, 368 S.C. 536, 629 S.E.2d 683 (Ct. App. 2006), in which the Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s decision finding that the insurance company was not liable to provide coverage.

Harry A. Hancock, Milton G. Kimpson and Joe S. Dusenbury, Jr., all of South Carolina Department of Revenue, of Columbia, for Appellant. John C. Von Lehe, Jr., and Andrea St. Amand, both of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, of Charleston, and C. Mitchell Brown and A. Mattison Bogan, both of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough of Columbia, all for Respondent.

In this appeal involving a carry-forward of the economic impact zone investment tax credit, this Court granted SCANA Corporation and Subsidiaries’ petition for rehearing to reconsider our decision reversing the circuit court’s order.

Rivers Lawton McIntosh, of McIntosh, Sherard & Sullivan, of Anderson, for Appellant. William Douglas Gray, of McNair Law Firm, of Anderson, for Respondent.

This dog-biting case between a kennel worker and the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office asks this Court to determine whether summary judgment was properly granted in favor of the sheriff’s office.

Eugene C. Griffith, Jr., of Rushing & Griffith, of Newberry, and Samuel M. Price, Jr., of Newberry, for Petitioner. Elizabeth M. Dalzell and Kirby D. Shealy, III, both of Baker, Ravenel & Bender, of Columbia, for Respondent.

In this case the court granted certiorari to review Hancock v. Mid-South Management Co., Inc., 370 S.C. 131, 634 S.E.2d 12 (Ct. App.2006) in which the Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s decision granting summary judgment in favor of mid-south on Hancock’s negligence action.

Thomas J. Keaveny, II, and Bob J. Conley, both of Keaveny Law Firm, of Charleston, for Petitioner. Mark Brandon Tinsley, of Gooding & Gooding, of Allendale and C. Bradley Hutto, of Williams & Williams, of Orangeburg, for Respondent.

The Court of Appeals dismissed petitioner’s direct appeal as untimely, and the issue on certiorari is whether the Court of Appeals erred in dismissing the appeal.

William A. Scott, of Pedersen & Scott, of Charleston, for Appellants. Michael W. Sautter, of Query, Sautter Gliserman & Price, LLC, of Charleston, for Respondent.

This is an appeal from an order dismissing the appellants’ complaint.

Hemphill P. Pride, II, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Henry D. McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh and Assistant Attorney General David Spencer, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

Appellant appeals from an order of the family court finding he was properly required to be placed on the South Carolina Sex Offender Registry for an offense that was adjudicated in another state.

John L. McCants, of Ellis Lawhorne & Sims, of Columbia, and C. Mitchell Brown, of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, for Appellant. Joseph K. Qualey, of Qualey & Beck, of Charleston, Michael S. Seekings and Amy E. Melvin, both of Leath, Bouch & Crawford, of Charleston, for Respondent Virginia Newman. Frank M. Cisa, of Cisa & Dodds, of Mt. Pleasant, for Respondent Trinity Construction, Inc. George E. Mullen and Daniel F. Oberklein, both of Mullen, Wylie, LLC, of Hilton Head Island, for Amicus Curiae South Carolina Community Associations Institute. Kenneth E. Ormand, Jr., of Ormand, Ashley & Gibbons, of Columbia, for Amici Curiae National Association of Home Builders and Home Builders Association of South Carolina. Lawrence M. Hunter, Jr., of Hunter & Foster, of Greenville, for Amicus Curiae Bituminous Casualty Corporation. David E. Dukes and William C. Wood, Jr., both of Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, of Columbia, and Laura A. Foggan and Parker J. Lavin, both of of Wiley Rein, LLP, of Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association. Stephen P. Groves, Sr., of Nexsen Pruet, LLC, of Charleston, for Amicus Curiae Builders Mutual Insurance Company. C. Mitchell Brown, William C. Wood, Jr., Matthew D. Patterson and A. Mattison Bogan, all of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae Harleysville Mutual Insurance Company.

The court has granted rehearing in this case, in which an insurer of a commercial general liability policy sought a declaratory judgment to determine whether the policy covered a homeowner’s damages due to negligent construction by the policy holder.

John S. Nichols, of Bluestein, Nichols, Thompson and Delgado, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Assistant Attorney General Deborah R. J. Shupe, all of Columbia, and Solicitor John Gregory Hembree, of Conway, for Respondent.

This case addresses whether the trial court erred in suppressing evidence obtained through a search warrant.

Brian Scott McCoy, of Horack Talley, of Rock Hill, and William M. Brice, III, of Brice Law Firm, of York, for Appellant. John Martin Foster, of Rock Hill, for Respondent. Paula Knox Brown, of Rock Hill, Guardian Ad Litem.

In this land dispute case, the master in equity held that the purchase contract for the land contained a condition precedent which had not been met and therefore, the purchase contract could not be enforced.

Amy V. Cofield, of Cofield Law Firm, of Lexington, and Latonya Dilligard Edwards, of South Carolina Second Injury Fund, of Columbia, for Petitioner. David A. Wilson and Michael A. Farry, both of Horton, Drawdy, Ward & Jenkins, of Greenville, for Respondents.

The issue in this workers compensation case is whether an unsigned certificate of insurance can trigger an exception to the statutory employer doctrine.

John Dwight Hudson, of Hudson Law Offices, of Myrtle Beach, for Appellant. Dirk Julius Derrick, of Conway, for Respondents.

In this case, Appellant appeals the decision of the circuit court finding coverage under an insurance policy for damage to Respondents’ swimming pool.

Jody Vann McKnight, of Reisen Law Firm, of Charleston, for Appellant. Mark D. Cauthen, and T. Jeff Goodwyn, Jr., both of McKay Cauthen Settana Martin & Addison, of Columbia, for Respondents.

In this workers’ compensation case, Allie James appeals from a circuit court order finding the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission did not have the authority when ordering a lump sum award to include language prorating the lump sum award over the claimant’s lifetime. James sought proration of the award using the life expectancy statute under state law.

David A. Wilson and Michael A. Farry, both of Horton, Drawdy, Ward & Jenkins, of Greenville, for Appellants. Vernon F. Dunbar, of Turner, Padget Graham & Laney, of Greenville, for Respondent.

This Workers’ Compensation appeal deals with jurisdiction and post judgment interest.