Robert H. Hood, D. Nathan Hughey and Deborah H. Sheffield, Of Counsel, all of Hood Law Firm, of Charleston, for Petitioners-Respondents. Edward L. Graham, of Graham Law Firm, of Florence, for Respondent-Petitioner.

This civil case raises issues regarding collateral estoppel, res judicata, statute of repose, and master and servant liability.

Charles M. Watson, Jr., of Greenwood, for Petitioner. John Eric Newlon, of Greenwood, for Respondents.

In this case, the issue on appeal is whether the Greenwood County Council impermissibly reduced the salary for an interim clerk of court.

Jeffrey P. Bloom, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, Senior Assistant Attorney General William Edgar Salter, III, all of Columbia, and Solicitor Druanne D. White, of Anderson, for Respondent.

Appellant was sentenced to death by the circuit court, sitting without a jury, after pleading guilty to the murder of Clarence Watson. Appellant asserts (1) that the circuit court erred during the plea colloquy by informing Appellant that his best hope for a life sentence at a jury trial might ultimately depend on lying jurors "who will testify under oath that they are for the death penalty when they're not, simply because they can serve on a jury to let someone go"; (2) that the circuit court erred in failing to obtain a waiver of Appellant's right to testify at the sentencing proceeding; (3) that the provision contained in South Carolina's death penalty statutes requiring a judge to impose the sentence in a capital case when a defendant pleads guilty is unconstitutional in light of recent precedent of the United States Supreme Court; and (4) that the circuit court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to sentence Appellant to death because the murder indictment did not identify any statutory circumstances of aggravation necessary to expose Appellant to a punishment greater than life in prison.

Manton M. Grier, Marvin D. Infinger and Sarah P. Spruill, all of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., of Columbia, for Appellant-Respondent. John E. Parker, Ronnie L. Crosby, both of Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth & Detrick, PA, of Hampton, and J. Calhoun Pruitt, Jr., of Pruitt & Pruitt, of Anderson, for Respondent-Appellant.

This case arises out of an accident at a train crossing.The railroad appeals issues related to a jury verdict in favor of Mr. Webb. Mr. Webb cross-appeals an order finding that the railroad's violation of S.C. Code Ann. § 58-17-3420 was not a proximate cause of this accident.

Deputy Corporation Counsel Adelaide S. Andrews, Assistant Corporation Counsel Susan J. Herdina, both of Charleston, Daryl L. Williams, of Jeter & Williams, P.A., of Columbia, and Philip T. Lacy, Of Counsel, of Columbia, for Plaintiff. William C. Cleveland, III, of Buist, Moore, Smythe & McGee, of Charleston, for Defendant.

F. Xavier Starkes and William T. Toal, both of Johnson, Toal & Battiste, P.A., of Columbia, for Petitioners-Respondents. Robert A. McKenzie and Gary H. Johnson, II, both of McDonald, McKenzie, Rubin, Miller & Lybrand, of Columbia, for Respondent-Petitioner.

This tort case involves immunity under the Recreational Use Statute and issues regarding assumption of the risk.

James G. Carpenter and Jennifer J. Miller, both of The Carpenter Law Firm, of Greenville, for Petitioner. Attorney General Henry D. McMaster, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Robert D. Cook, Assistant Deputy Attorney General J. Emory Smith, Jr., all of Columbia, for Respondent State of South Carolina. Michael R. Hitchcock, S. Phillip Lenski and Jennifer L. Parrish, all of Columbia, for Respondent South Carolina Senate and Intervenor The Honorable Glenn F. McConnell. Charles F. Reid, Robert F. Smith, II, Benjamin P. Mustain and Patrick G. Dennis, all of Columbia, for Respondent South Carolina House of Representatives. Keith D. Munson and Heather Rush, both of Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, of Greenville, for Amicus Curiae ChangeSCNow, LLC. Dwight F. Drake, William C. Hubbard and C. Mitchell Brown, all of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, of Columbia, for Amici Curiae University of South Carolina Development Foundation, Medical University of South Carolina Foundation for Research Development and Clemson University Foundation, Inc.

This is an original jurisdiction matter. At issue is whether Act No. 187, 2004 Acts (the "Life Sciences Act"), violates the "one subject" requirement of Article III, section 17 of the S.C. Constitution and whether, if the Act does violate the one subject requirement, the unconstitutional parts are severable from the remainder of the Act.

Henrietta U. Golding, of McNair Law Firm, of Myrtle Beach, for Petitioners. James B. Richardson, Jr., of Richardson & Birdsong, of Columbia, and Richard M. Lovelace, Jr., of Conway, for Respondents.

This case involves, among other things, whether the Court of Appeals erred in reversing the trial court's award of punitive damages.

Assistant Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, of South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Henry D. McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Senior Assistant Attorney General Norman Mark Rapoport, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Harold W. Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

The issue in this case is whether language in an indictment, "purposeful infliction of shame and disgrace," is unconstitutionally vague.