South Carolina Supreme Court Decisions 2024
Date: May 1, 2024
Docket Number: 28201
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around a dispute over a real estate commission. Andrew Waldo, a broker in charge of a realty company, represented buyers in the purchase of thirteen golf courses from National Golf Management, LLC…
Date: May 1, 2024
Docket Number: 28202
Justia Opinion Summary: Patrick Clemons, a convicted felon, was found guilty of possessing a firearm. He had two prior convictions for Criminal Domestic Violence of a High and Aggravated Nature (CDVHAN) and one for Assault and Battery Second…
Date: April 10, 2024
Docket Number: 28198
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around a workers' compensation claim filed by Dale Brooks, an employee of Benore Logistics Systems, Inc. Brooks claimed that he suffered a work-related repetitive trauma injury to his back due to the…
Date: April 3, 2024
Docket Number: 2024-MO-007
Date: April 3, 2024
Docket Number: 28197
Justia Opinion Summary: Randy Collins was tried and convicted for first-degree arson and criminal conspiracy, following a fire that resulted in the death of a 12-year-old boy. The conviction was based, in part, on Collins' statement to law…
Date: March 27, 2024
Docket Number: 28196
Justia Opinion Summary: The case at hand involves Candise Gore, who sued various individuals and governmental entities claiming she was wrongfully strip-searched at the Dorchester County Detention Center. Gore claimed against the Dorchester…
Date: February 7, 2024
Docket Number: 28192
Justia Opinion Summary: In South Carolina, the case revolves around the interpretation of a law concerning the calculation of the one-year maximum Community Supervision Program (CSP) revocation sentence. The key question is whether inmates…
Date: January 24, 2024
Docket Number: 28189
Justia Opinion Summary: In South Carolina, two hospitals, Walterboro Community Hospital and Trident Medical Center, appealed an Administrative Law Court (ALC) order which approved the certificate of need (CON) for the Medical University…
Date: January 24, 2024
Docket Number: 28190
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the South Carolina Supreme Court was asked to decide whether the requirement for a witness affidavit under subsection 38-77-170(2) of the South Carolina Code should be considered a condition precedent to…
Date: January 17, 2024
Docket Number: 28184
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the South Carolina Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a state statute that limits reimbursement of reestablishment expenses in condemnation proceedings to $50,000. The appellant, Applied Building…
Date: January 17, 2024
Docket Number: 28185
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court of South Carolina affirmed the decision by the court of appeals in the case of Tommy Lee Benton, who was convicted for the murder of Charles Bryant Smith, two counts of first-degree burglary, one count…
Date: January 17, 2024
Docket Number: 28186
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, Jeffrey L. Cruce, the former head football coach and athletic director for Berkeley High School, filed a lawsuit against the Berkeley County School District (the District) for wrongful termination and…
Date: January 17, 2024
Docket Number: 28187
Justia Opinion Summary: In South Carolina, Phillip Francis Luke Hughes, on behalf of the estate of his late mother, Jane Hughes, sued Bank of America for fraud, fraudulent concealment, and breach of contract, alleging that the bank charged…
Date: January 17, 2024
Docket Number: 28188
Justia Opinion Summary: In South Carolina, a defendant, William C. Sellers, was convicted of murder in connection with the killing of Johnny Hydrick. The State presented evidence that Sellers personally murdered Hydrick during a burglary and…
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