James B. Richardson, Jr. and Tressa T.H. Hayes, both of Columbia, for Appellants. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Senior Assistant Attorney General C. Havird Jones, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Robert D. Cook, Assistant Attorney General J. C. Nicholson, III and Assistant Attorney General Mary Frances Jowers, of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, William W. Wilkins, J. David Black and Fred L. Kingsmore, Jr., of Nexsen Pruet, LLC, of Greenville, Louis D. Levenson, of Levenson & Associates, of Atlanta, Georgia, Robert N. Rosen, T. Heyward Carter, Jr., S. Alan Medlin and David L. Michel, of Rosen Law Firm, of Charleston, Matt Bodman, of Columbia, for Respondents. Albert P. Shahid, Jr., of Charleston, for Guardian ad Litem.

Robert L. Buchanan, Jr. and Adele J. Pope ("Appellants"), formerly personal representatives for The Estate of James Brown and trustees of The James Brown 2000 Irrevocable Trust, appeal from circuit court orders that (1) approved a settlement agreement pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 62 3 1102 (2009) of pending litigation concerning Brown's Estate; and (2) removed Appellants from their fiduciary capacities and appointed Russell L. Bauknight, a professional fiduciary, as personal representative for Brown's Estate and as trustee for the 2000 Irrevocable Trust.

Steven W. Hamm and C. Jo Anne Wessinger Hill, of Richardson Plowden and Robinson, P. A., of Columbia and Dennis M. Black and Ryan L. VanGrack, of Williams & Connolly LLP, of Washington, D. C., for Appellants. Michael E. Spears and E. Grey Wicker, of Spartanburg, Gedney M. Howe, III, of Charleston, Richard A. Harpootlian, of Columbia, and A. Camden Lewis and Ariail E. King, of Lewis & Babcock, L.L.P., of Columbia, for Respondents.

This case is on remand from the United States Supreme Court to reconsider the opinion in Herron v. Century BMW, 387 S.C. 525, 693 S.E.2d 394 (2010).

Shawn M. Campbell and Kenneth P. Shabel, of Campbell & Shabel, of Spartanburg, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh and Senior Assistant Attorney General David Spencer, of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Jose Lozada appeals the circuit court's order denying his petition for declaratory judgment and requiring him to remain on the South Carolina Sex Offender Registry.

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott and Assistant Attorney General Mark R. Farthing, of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, and Solicitor J. Strom Thurmond, Jr., of Aiken, for Petitioner. Chief Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Petitioner, The State, appeals a decision by the Court of Appeals reversing Charles Q. Jackson's (Jackson) conviction after the trial judge refused to charge the jury on self-defense. Petitioner argues that the ground which the Court of Appeals relied on to reverse is not properly preserved for appellate review, and in the alternative, Jackson is not entitled to a charge on self-defense, because the required elements for self-defense have not been met.

Charles J. Boykin, Peter E. Keup and Shawn D. Eubanks, of Boykin & Davis, L.L.C., of Columbia, for Appellant. David Pagliarini, of Hinchey, Murray & Pagliarini, of Charleston, for Respondent.

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott and Assistant Attorney General Christina J. Catoe, of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, and Solicitor Edgar Lewis Clements, III, of Florence, for Petitioner. Appellate Defender Elizabeth A. Franklin-Best, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Respondent.

The Court considers whether an investigatory stop and frisk was proper under the Fourth Amendment.

C. Rauch Wise, of Greenwood, for Appellants. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Deputy Attorney General T. Stephen Lynch and Assistant Attorney General Mary Frances Jowers, of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, for Respondent.

This is an appeal from a circuit court order affirming the magistrate's order finding seven video game machines unlawful.

Frances I. Cantwell, of Regan & Cantwell, of Charleston, and Timothy A. Domin, of Clawson & Staubes, LLC, of Charleston, for Appellants. Edward K. Pritchard, III, and Samia H. Nettles, of Pritchard & Elliott Law Firm, of Charleston and G. Trenholm Walker, Lindsay K. Smith-Yancey, Daniel S. McQueeney, Jr. and Katie F. Monoc, of Pratt-Thomas & Walker, PA, of Charleston, for Respondents.

Appellants, City of Charleston, City of Charleston City Council, and Library Associates, LLC appeal the master-in-equity’s finding that the rezoning of property owned by Library Associates in downtown Charleston constituted illegal spot zoning.

G. Trenholm Walker, Lindsay K. Smith-Yancey, Daniel S. McQueeney, Jr. and Katie F. Monoc, of Pratt-Thomas & Walker, PA, of Charleston, and Edward K. Pritchard, III, and Samia H. Nettles, of Pritchard & Elliott Law Firm, of Charleston, for Appellants. Timothy A. Domin, of Clawson & Staubes, LLC, of Charleston, and Frances I. Cantwell, of Regan & Cantwell, of Charleston, for Respondents.

Appellants, Historic Charleston Foundation and Preservation Society of Charleston appeal the order of the master-in-equity affirming the grant of a height variance for property located in downtown Charleston.

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant Attorney General David Spencer and Assistant Attorney General Geoffrey K. Chambers, of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, for Appellant. Walker H. Willcox and Mark W. Buyck, of Willcox, Buyck & Williams, PA, of Florence, for Respondent.

South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, Petitioner, appeals the decision of the circuit court relieving Jeremy Lane Edwards, Respondent, of the requirement to register with the state’s sex offender registry because Respondent received a pardon. Petitioner argues that subsequent statutory amendments requiring registration by pardoned sex offenders apply retroactively to Respondent’s case.

J. R. Murphy and Ashley B. Stratton, of Murphy & Grantland, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Dennis J. Rhoad and Salley H. Rhoad, of Rhoad & Rhoad, of Moncks Corner, for Respondents.

The Court granted certiorari to consider a decision by the Court of Appeals determining that Respondents are entitled to underinsured motorist coverage under an at-home vehicle policy.

Kirby D. Shealy, III, and Bradley L. Lanford, of Baker, Ravenel & Bender, L.L.P., of Columbia, for Petitioners. George D. Jebaily and Suzanne H. Jebaily, of Jebaily Law Firm, of Florence, and Bert G. Utsey, III, of Peters Murdaugh Parker Eltzroth & Detrick, PA, of Walterboro, for Respondent.

This Court granted a petition for a writ of certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Appeals in Fairchild v. South Carolina Department of Transportation, 385 S.C. 344, 683 S.E.2d 818 (Ct. App. 2009), in which the Court of Appeals affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded for a new trial a negligence action arising from a vehicular accident. Petitioners contend the Court of Appeals erred in determining (1) the issue of punitive damages should have been submitted to the jury, (2) the trial court should have charged the jury on the intervening negligence of a treating physician, and (3) the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying a motion for an independent medical examination by Dr. James Ballenger.

A. Camden Lewis and W. Jonathan Harling, of Lewis & Babcock, LLP, of Columbia, Richard A. Harpootlian, of Columbia, and John A. O'Leary and James Walter Fayssoux, Jr., of O'Leary Associates, of Columbia, for Appellants. Attorney General Alan Wilson and Assistant Deputy Attorney General J. Emory Smith, Jr., of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, for Respondent.

The Court considers Appellants' appeal of the trial court's order granting the State's motion to dismiss for failure to exhaust administrative remedies.

W. Allen Nickles, III, of Columbia and Deena Smith McRackan, of Charleston, for Appellant. Alice F. Paylor, of Charleston, for Respondent.

In this case, Appellant appeals the decision of the circuit court affirming the school board’s decision not to renew her employment contract on the grounds that the school board violated her procedural due process rights and because the school district failed to issue a decision within ten days of a hearing in contravention of section 59-25-470 of the South Carolina Code.

Appellate Defender LaNelle Cantey DuRant, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott and Assistant Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr., of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, and Solicitor W. Walter Wilkins, III, of Greenville, for Respondent.

The Court granted certiorari to consider the Court of Appeals decision in State v. Latimore,390 S.C. 88, 700 S.E.2d 456 (Ct. app. 2010).