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The summary below each case is prepared to offer lawyers and the public a general overview of what issues are included in a case which will be argued. The summary is not a limit on what issues a party to a case may present at oral argument.
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Charleston
09:30 a.m.
2023-000633 The State, Respondent, v. Philip David Guderyon, Petitioner.
Appellate Defender Wanda H. Carter, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Joshua Abraham Edwards, both of Columbia; and Solicitor Jimmy A. Richardson, II, of Conway, all for Respondent.
11:00 a.m.
2023-001470 Logan Wood and Sarah Wood, Respondents, v. Horry County School District, Petitioner.
Andrew F. Lindemann, of Lindemann Law Firm, P.A., of Columbia, for Petitioner. Kathleen Chewning Barnes, of Barnes Law Firm, LLC, of Hampton; James Bernice Moore, III and Scott Christopher Evans, both of Evans Moore, LLC, of Georgetown; and Justin Lovely and Amy Lawrence, both of The Lovely Law Firm, of Myrtle Beach, all for Respondents.
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Charleston
10:00 a.m.
2023-000839 Clinton Folkes, Petitioner, v. State of South Carolina and Charles Williams, Jr., Warden of Perry Correctional Institution, Respondents.
Jason Scott Luck, of Bennettsville, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Joshua A. Edwards, both of Columbia, for Respondents.
11:00 a.m.
2023-001436 The State, Respondent, v. Terrell Denard Knightner, Petitioner.
Appellate Defender Kathrine Haggard Hudgins, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Mark Reynolds Farthing; and Solicitor Bryon E. Gipson, all of Columbia, for Respondent.
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Supreme Court Courtroom
09:30 a.m.
2023-000625 Wendy Grungo-Smith, Respondent, v. Joseph Grungo, Petitioner.
James B. Richardson, Jr., of James B. Richardson, PC, of Columbia and James R. Honeycutt, of Fort Mill, for Petitioner. John Brandt Rucker and Allyson Sue Rucker, of The Rucker Law Firm, LLC, of Greenville, for Respondent.
10:30 a.m.
2023-000403 Paula Russell, Claimant, Petitioner, v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Employer, and American Home Assurance, Carrier, Respondents.
James David George, Jr. and C. Daniel Vega, of Smith, Born, Leventis, Taylor & Vega, LLC, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Johnnie W. Baxley, III, of Wilson Jones Carter & Baxley, P.A., of North Charleston, for Respondents.
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Supreme Court Courtroom
09:30 a.m.
2022-001362 Nicole Lampo, Petitioner, v. Amedisys Holding, LLC, and Leisa Victoria Neasbitt, Respondents.
James Paul Porter and Harper Lee Hutson, of Cromer Babb & Porter, LLC, of Columbia, for Petitioner. George A. Reeves, III, of Fisher & Phillips, LLP of Columbia and Jason D. Keck, of Fisher & Phillips, LLP of Chicago, IL, for Respondents.
10:30 a.m.
2023-000245 Jeanne Whitfield, Appellant, v. Dennis K. Schimpf, M.D. and Sweetgrass Plastic Surgery, LLC, Respondents.
Daniel Scott Slotchiver and Andrew Joseph McCumber, of Slotchiver & Slotchiver, LLP; Brent Souther Halversen, of Halversen and Halversen, LLC; and Jesse Sanchez, of The Law Office of Jesse Sanchez, LLC, all of Mount Pleasant, for Petitioner. Todd W. Smyth and Allie Aleece Maples, of Smyth Whitley, LLC, of Charleston, for Respondents.
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Supreme Court Courtroom
09:30 a.m.
2023-001460 In the Matter of Lauren Martel, Esquire, Respondent.
Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Mark Reynolds Farthing, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Dayne C. Phillips, of Price Benowitz, LLP, of Columbia, for Respondent.
10:30 a.m.
2023-000452 Amanda Leigh Huskins and Jay R. Huskins, Petitioners, v. Mungo Homes, LLC, Respondent.
Charles Harry McDonald, of Belser Law Firm, P.A.; Matthew Anderson Nickles, of Rogers, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman, LLC; and Beth B. Richardson, of Robinson Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, all of Columbia, for Petitioners. Steven Raymond Kropski, of Earhart Overstreet, LLC, of Charleston, for Respondent.
11:30 a.m.
2023-000423 Therese Hood, Petitioner, v. United Services Automobile Association, Respondent.
Roy T. Willey, IV, Eric Marc Poulin and Lane Douglas Jefferies, of Poulin Willey Anastapoulo, LLC, of Charleston, for Petitioner. Robert William Whelan, of Whelan Mellen & Norris, LLC, of Charleston, for Respondent.
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Supreme Court Courtroom
09:30 a.m.
2023-000641 The State, Respondent, v. Brandon Jerome Clark, Petitioner.
Ninth Circuit Public Defender Cameron Jane Blazer, of Charleston, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Ambree Michele Muller, both of Columbia; and Solicitor William Walter Wilkins, III, of Greenville, all for Respondent.
10:30 a.m.
2023-000632 The State, Respondent, v. Rashawn Vertez Carter, Petitioner.
Appellate Defender David Alexander, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Joshua Abraham Edwards, both of Columbia; and Solicitor John William Weeks, of Aiken, all for Respondent.
11:30 a.m.
2023-000805 Robin Allen, Petitioner, v. Richard Winn Academy, Kristen Chaisson (in her individual capacity and as Head of School), and John Ryan II, Respondents.
Larry Conrad Marchant, Jr., of Law Office of Larry C. Marchant, Jr. and David Douglas Hawkins, of The Hawkins Law Office, LLC, both of Columbia, for Petitioner. Curtis W. Dowling and Matthew G. Gerrald, of Barnes, Alford, Stork & Johnson, LLP, of Columbia; Paul L. Reeves, of Reeves and Lyle, LLC, of Columbia; and Creighton B. Coleman, of Creighton B. Coleman, LLC, of Winnsboro, for Respondents.
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Supreme Court Courtroom
09:30 a.m.
2023-000667 Intellectual Capital, Inc., Berry Newkirk and Neil Richards, Appellants, v. Chief Procurement Officer, South Carolina State Fiscal Accountability Authority, Division of Procurement Services, and South Carolina Worker's Compensation Commission, Respondents. AND JMI Sports and JMIS College, LLC., Appellants, v. Chief Procurement Officer, South Carolina State Fiscal Accountability Authority, Division of Procurement Services, and Clemson University, Respondents.
John E. Schmidt, III and Melissa Javon Copeland, of Schmidt & Copeland, LLC, of Columbia; and James G. Carpenter, of The Carpenter Law Firm, PC, of Greenville, for Appellants. Manton M. Grier, Jr., of State Fiscal Accountability Authority, of Columbia; Michael H. Montgomery, of Montgomery Willard, LLC; and Boyd Benjamin Nicholson, Jr., of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., all of Columbia, for Respondents.
10:30 a.m.
2023-000385 Conrad Meier and the Estate of Richard Walter Meier, by and through Conrad Meier, its Administrator, Respondents, v. Mary J. Burnsed, Petitioner.
James B. Richardson, Jr., of James B. Richardson, P.C., of Columbia, and Peggy McMillan Infinger, of Belk Cobb Infinger & Goldstein, of Charleston, for Petitioner. H. Fred Kuhn, Jr., of Kuhn Law Firm, LLC, of Beaufort, for Respondents.