THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Supreme Court

Case No. 96-CP-32-0968

Wannelle Hedgepath, Andrew Hedgepath, and Kristin Hedgepath,        Plaintiffs,

v.

American Telephone and Telegraph Company, a corporation, AT&T Nassau Metals Corporation, Gaston Copper Recycling Corporation, and Southwire Company,        Defendants.

Case No. 96-CP-32-1016

Karen Mack as Personal Representative of the Estate of Toby L. Sharpe, Sr.,        Petitioner,

v.

American Telephone and Telegraph Company, a corporation, AT&T Nassau Metals Corporation, Gaston Copper Recycling Corporation, and Southwire Company,

Of whom Gaston Copper Recycling Corporation, and Southwire Company,

Are        Respondents,

Case No. 96-CP-32-2573

Maggie Banyard, et al.,        Plaintiffs,

v.

American Telephone and Telegraph Company, a corporation, AT&T Nassau Metals Corporation, Gaston Copper Recycling Corporation, and Southwire Company,        Defendants.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS

Appeal From Lexington County
Marc H. Westbrook, Circuit Court Judge

Opinion No. 25739
Heard October 9, 2003 - Filed October 27, 2003

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Raymon E. Lark, Jr., of Austin, Lewis & Rogers, of Columbia, for petitioner.

Mark S. Barrow and William R. Calhoun, Jr., both of Sweeny, Wingate & Barrow, of Columbia, for respondents.

PER CURIAM: We granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals opinion in Hedgepath v. AT&T, 348 S.C. 340, 559 S.E.2d 327 (Ct. App. 2001). After careful consideration, we dismiss certiorari as improvidently granted.

DISMISSED.

MOORE, A.C.J., WALLER, BURNETT, PLEICONES, JJ., and Acting Justice L. Casey Manning, concur.