Timothy J. Newton and Christopher Alton Majure, both of Murphy & Grantland, PA, of Columbia, for Appellant. Janice Holmes and Curtis Lyman Ott, both of Gallivan, White & Boyd, PA, of Columbia, for Respondent. Peter Gunnar Nistad of Shelly Leeke Law Firm, LLC, of North Charleston, for Respondent.

Appellant Superior Construction Corporation appeals the circuit court's partial grant of summary judgment in favor of Respondent The Muhler Company, Inc., arguing the circuit court erred by misconstruing its argument and finding the relevant contracts between the parties did not require Muhler to indemnify Superior for Superior's own negligence. Superior claims (1) the circuit court improperly conflated the concept of "own negligence" with that of "sole negligence"; (2) the indemnity clause allowed Superior to recover for concurrent negligence; and (3) the circuit court erred by failing to reconcile the contracts and construe their terms in conjunction.

Katherine Carruth Goode, of Winnsboro, for Appellant. Charles D. Lee, III, of McLaren & Lee, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Arthur Kendig (Husband) appeals a final order of the family court, arguing the family court erred in (1) denying Husband's motion for mistrial; (2) making findings of facts and conclusions of law, which were tainted by the judge's belief that Husband was disrespectful to the family court; (3) making findings as to the parties' demeanor, which were tainted by the judge's prejudice against Husband; (4) failing to make a ruling on the issue of transportation of the parties' children; (5) inequitably dividing the marital estate; (6) awarding Heidi Noel Kendig (Wife) alimony of $7,000 per month and moving, personal, and vehicle expenses; (7) ordering child support of $3,690 per month and requiring Husband to maintain life insurance as security for child support until the children reach the age of twenty-four; and (8) awarding Wife attorney's fees.

Robert Holmes Hood, Jr., James Bernard Hood, and A. Walker Barnes, all of Hood Law Firm, LLC, of Charleston, for Appellants. Deborah Harrison Sheffield, of Columbia, for Appellants. J. Brady Hair and Derk Van Raalte, IV, of Law Offices of J. Brady Hair, of North Charleston, for Respondents.

In this appeal from the Charleston County Master-in-Equity, Appellants assert the master erred in granting the Town of Sullivan's Island (Town)'s motion for summary judgment on numerous claims regarding the Town's decision not to cut a maritime forest on the island.

Ronald Brian Cox and Robert David Proffitt, both of Proffitt & Cox, LLP, of Columbia, for Appellants. David Cornwell Holler and G. Murrell Smith, Jr., both of Lee, Erter, Wilson, Holler & Smith, LLC, of Sumter, for Respondent. Stanley Lamont Myers, Sr. of Moore Taylor Law Firm, P. A., of West Columbia, for Respondent. Andrew F. Lindemann of Lindemann, Davis & Hughes, PA, of Columbia, for Respondent.

In this medical malpractice action, Philip Ethier and Jeanne Ethier appeal the trial court's ruling Mrs. Ethier could not recover on her loss of consortium claim because the jury found Mr. Ethier more negligent than defendant Dr. Guy R. Bibeau. In addition, they appeal the trial court's denial of their motion for a new trial due to a juror's failure to disclose during voir dire her working relationship with Dr. Bibeau and two nurses who were defense witnesses and juror misconduct before and during deliberations.

Leon Edward Green of Leon E. Green, PC, of Aiken, for Appellant. James B. Jackson, Jr. of Nester & Jackson, PA, of Orangeburg, for Respondents. Jacqueline Fogle Busbee, of Wagener, Guardian Ad Litem.

Nataschja Urban appeals the ruling of the family court granting custody of her minor daughter (Child) to a third-party, Leo Kerscher and Mary Crew. Urban argues the factors outlined in Moore v. Moore, 300 S.C. 75, 386 S.E.2d 456 (1989) govern and militate the return of Child to her custody. Alternatively, Urban argues she has met the higher burden of demonstrating a substantial change in circumstances warranting the return of Child to her custody.

Robert J. Butcher of The Camden Law Firm, PA, of Manning, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Deputy Attorney General David A. Spencer, both of Columbia, for Respondent.

Jeffrey B. Cooper appeals the circuit court's order affirming his conviction for breach of the peace, arguing the magistrate's court erred in failing to vacate the conviction after he was tried in absentia without receiving proper notice of the trial date. Cooper further argues the State failed to prove all essential elements of the offense.

Mary Bass Lohr of Howell Gibson & Hughes, PA, of Beaufort, for Appellant Beaufort County. Lee Ellis Berlinsky, of Charleston, for Appellant The United States of America. David M. Wunder of Eastern Area Counsel Office of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, for Appellant The United States of America. H. Fred Kuhn, Jr. of Moss Kuhn & Fleming, PA, of Beaufort, for Respondent.

In this consolidated appeal, Beaufort County and the United States argue the master-in-equity committed an error of law in finding the Beaufort County Planning Commission erred in requiring Grays Hill Baptist Church to apply for a new development permit to construct a fellowship hall and in subsequently denying the Church's application for the permit. Appellants contend the Church's 1997 development permit did not allow the Church to pursue the development ten years later, and subsequent ordinances addressing development near the Marine Corps Air Station prevented approval of the Church's new development application. Appellants further argue the master erred in finding the County Zoning Board of Appeals erroneously denied the Church's request for a zoning variance, arguing the Church failed to establish the elements necessary to entitle it to a variance.

Appellate Defender Susan Barber Hackett, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Mark Reynolds Farthing, both of Columbia, for Respondent. Solicitor Kevin Scott Brackett, of York, for Respondent.

John Kenneth Massey, Jr. appeals his convictions for grand larceny of items valued at or more than two thousand dollars and malicious injury to property with the damage being less than two thousand dollars, arguing the trial court erred in (1) permitting him to proceed pro se; (2) permitting expert testimony concerning dog-tracking; and (3) failing to credit Massey with time served in pretrial detention.

Brian C Duffy and Julie Lauren Moore, both of Duffy & Young, LLC, of Charleston, for Appellants. Seth Warren Whitaker of Seth W. Whitaker, Ltd. Co., of Charleston, for Appellants. Justin O'Toole Lucey and Joshua Fletcher Evans, both of Justin O'Toole Lucey, P.A., of Mt. Pleasant, for Respondent Lea Ann Adkins and Respondent Brad J. Walbeck. Timothy W. Bouch and Yancey Alford McLeod, III, both of Leath Bouch & Seekings, LLP, of Charleston, for Respondent I'On Assembly, Inc.

In this action alleging violation of the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1701 to -1720, Appellants, The I'on Company, LLC, The I'on Club, LLC, The I'on Group, LLC f/k/a Civitas, LLC, and I'on Realty, LLC (collectively, I'on), seek review of the circuit court's orders (1) denying their motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV), new trial absolute and new trial nisi remittitur, (2) declaring a recreational easement to be invalid, (3) directing a verdict for Respondents, Brad J. Walbeck and Lea Ann Adkins, individually and derivatively on behalf of the I'on Assembly, Inc., and I'on Assembly, Inc., on I'on's counterclaim for abuse of process, (4) denying I'on's motion for attorney's fees, and (5) granting attorney's fees to Walbeck. I'on argues Walbeck and Adkins could not pursue this action as a derivative action and their claims are barred by the statute of limitations. I'on also argues there was no fiduciary duty to convey amenities to I'on Assembly, Inc. and the circuit court's ruling that the I'on entities were amalgamated was improper.

Charles S. Altman and Meredith L. Coker, both of Altman & Coker, LLC, of Charleston, for Appellants. George Trenholm Walker of Walker Gressette Freeman & Linton, LLC, of Charleston, for Respondent.

In this declaratory judgment and injunction action, the Anchorage Plantation Homeowners Association brought suit to determine the validity of an easement John and Theodora Walpole purported to have over a private drive and boat dock located within Anchorage Plantation. After a bench trial, the circuit court found the Walpoles had no access or easement rights, and as a result, issued a "Court Ordered Cancellation of Easement Agreement," finding the express easement that had been granted to the Walpoles by the developer of Anchorage Plantation and recorded in the Charleston County registrar of deeds was invalid ab initio. The Walpoles appeal the trial court's order, contending the trial court erred in: (1) finding the express easement was invalid; (2) failing to find Anchorage Plantation did not have standing to bring the suit; (3) failing to find the statute of limitations barred the suit (4) failing to find the equitable doctrines of waiver, laches, and estoppel barred cancellation of the easement; and (5) failing to find the Walpoles were entitled to relief under a theory of unjust enrichment for cancellation of the easement.

Robert C. Byrd and Alyson Smith Podris, both of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP, of Charleston, for Appellants Deanna Brown Thomas, Yamma Brown, and Venisha Brown. Katon Edwards Dawson, Jr., of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP, of Columbia, for Appellants Deanna Brown Thomas, Yamma Brown, and Venisha Brown. Marc Toberoff of Malibu, California, for Appellants Deanna Brown Thomas, Yamma Brown, and Venisha Brown. Matthew Day Bodman of Matt Bodman, PA, of Columbia, for Appellants Michael Deon Brown and Daryl J. Brown. David B. Bell of Augusta, Georgia, for Appellants Michael Deon Brown and Daryl J. Brown. John Andrew Donsbach, Sr., of Donsbach & King, LLC, of Martinez , Georgia, for Appellant Terry Brown. Thomas Heyward Carter, Jr., M. Jean Lee, and Andrew W. Chandler, all of Evans Carter Kunes & Bennett, PA, of Charleston, for Respondent. Robert N. Rosen of Rosen Law Firm, LLC, of Charleston, for Respondent. David Lawrence Michel of Michel Law Firm, LLC, of Charleston, for Respondent. Arnold S. Goodstein of Goodstein Law Firm, LLC, of Summerville, for Respondent. S. Alan Medlin, of Columbia, for Respondent.

In this case involving the will of James Brown, six of Brown's children appeal from the trial court's grant of Tommie Ray Brown's (Respondent) motion for summary judgment, arguing the trial court erred in finding the marriage between Respondent and Brown was not bigamous.

William E. Jenkinson, III, and John Thomas Thompson, both of Jenkinson Jarrett & Kellahan, PA, of Kingstree, for Appellant. Ann McCrowey Mickle of Mickle & Bass, LLC, of Columbia, for Respondent. Blake A. Hewitt of Bluestein Thompson Sullivan LLC, of Columbia, for Respondent. Helen F Hiser and of McAngus Goudelock & Courie, LLC, of Mount Pleasant, for Respondent Longlands Plantation. Jonathan Brandon Hylton of McAngus Goudelock & Courie, LLC, of Florence, for Respondent Longlands Plantation.

Appellate Defender Kathrine Haggard Hudgins, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Megan Harrigan Jameson, and Assistant Attorney General Joshua A. Edwards, all of Columbia, for Respondent. Solicitor Isaac McDuffie Stone, III, of Bluffton, for Respondent.

In this criminal action, Nathaniel Wright appeals his convictions for voluntary manslaughter, possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, and failure to stop for a blue light. Wright asserts the trial court erred in finding the public defender's office did not have an actual conflict of interest and denying Wright's request for a continuance.