Donald Bruce Clark, of Donald B. Clark, LLC, of Charleston, for Petitioner. Alexander Blair Cash and Daniel Francis Blanchard, III, both of Rosen Rosen & Hagood, LLC, of Charleston, for Respondent.

Respondent filed an action in the Family Court of Charleston County alleging he and petitioner had entered into a common law marriage and seeking divorce, equitable distribution, and other relief. The family court bifurcated the case to determine first whether a common law marriage existed, ultimately determining it did. Petitioner appealed, but the court of appeals determined the family court order was not final and appealable. We reversed in Stone v. Thompson, Op. No. 27876 (Filed April 3, 2019), and retained jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits.

Alfred Johnston Cox and Janice Holmes, both of Gallivan White & Boyd, of Columbia, for Plaintiff. Benjamin Terrell Coppage of Coppage Law Firm, LLC, of Beaufort, Aaron Eric Edwards and Lawrence Edward Richter, Jr., both of Richter Firm, of Mt. Pleasant, for Defendants.

The Court answers the district court's certified question.

Kevin Dunlap, of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP, of Spartanburg, for Appellant-Respondent. Erin Culbertson, of Kehl Culbertson Andrighetti, LLC, of Greenville and David B. Ward, of Horton, Drawdy, Ward, Mullinax & Farry, P.A., of Greenville, for Respondents-Appellants. Trace M. Dillon, Ahmad Sharlyf Washington, Jeffrey D. Wile, Kelley Yarborough Woody, Wylie Westmoreland Clarkson, Charles Nathaniel Griffin, III, Paul Andrew McKee, III, Sean Gordon Ryan, Kiera Courtney Dillon, Jason Phillip Luther and Alan Lance Crick, for Respondents. Zachery Arnold, Bullhead Investments, LLC, Ettie Pearl Booker, Ira K. Carol, Johnny F. Cox, Wilford Daniels, Discover Bank, c/o CT Corporation, GE Commercial Finance Business Property Corporation, c/o CT Corporation, Angela Gilliam, Bianca S. Gilliam, Demetrius J. Gilliam, Jerry Gilliam, Kehimonnie S. Gilliam, Terry Gilliam, John Glavin, Jr., John Glavin, Sr., Jeffrey Glavin, Miranda Glavin, Yolanda Glavin, Terrance Leslie, Jr. Terrance Leslie, Sr., Teaira Leslie, Donnette Gilliam Ortchere, Jerome Smith, Melissa F. Smith, South Carolina Department of Mental Health, c/o John Magill, James (Jimmy) Terry, Patricia Terry, Pearlie Mae Terry and Sheila Terry, pro se Respondents. Keith M. Babcock and Ariail E. King, both of Lewis Babcock, LLP, of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae South Carolina Department of Commerce. Michael M. Shetterly, of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., of Greenville and Pamela A. Baker, of McNair Law Firm, P.A., of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae South Carolina Chamber of Commerce.

Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc., (Piedmont) brought a condemnation action. The master-in-equity determined the landowners were entitled to $414,752 for the taking, which included diminution of value due to a negative conception in the marketplace caused by fear or stigma associated with proximity to a natural gas pipeline. In this cross-appeal, Piedmont argues the master erred in: (1) awarding "stigma damages"; (2) denying Piedmont's motion to exclude testimony of the landowners' expert on "stigma damages"; (3) admitting lay testimony regarding diminution in property value; and (4) improperly considering mediation in this matter and settlements in other cases. The landowners argue the master erred in finding statutory interest on an award of just compensation in a condemnation action accrues only on the difference between the tender of payment and the verdict awarded. We transferred this case to this Court pursuant to South Carolina Appellate Court Rule 204(b).

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General J. Benjamin Aplin, both of Columbia and Solicitor E.L. Clements, III, of Florence, for Petitioner. Appellate Defender David Alexander, of Columbia, for Respondent.

The Court granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' decision in State v. Turner, Op. No. 2016-UP-411 (S.C. Ct. App. filed September 21, 2016), in which the Court of Appeals (1) reversed the trial court's decision to admit an expert witness's testimony that she recommended the alleged victim seek therapy and have no contact with the alleged perpetrator, and (2) determined that the trial court's decision to admit the testimony was not harmless error.

James G. Carpenter, of Greenville, for Appellants. A. Mattison Bogan and Matthew A. Abee, both of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, and Kenneth M. Moffitt, all of Columbia, Paul D. Harrill and Bradley S. Wright, both of McNair Law Firm, P.A, of Columbia, Attorney General Alan Wilson, Solicitor General Robert D. Cook and Deputy Solicitor General J. Emory Smith, Jr., all of Columbia, for Respondents.

The Court considers an Article III, Section 17 challenge to Act 275 of the South Carolina General Assembly.

Christopher K. DeScherer, Catherine M. Wannamaker and James Blanding Holman, IV, all of Southern Environmental Law Center and W. Jefferson Leath, Jr., of Leath Bouch & Seekings, LLP, all of Charleston, for Petitioner. Newman Jackson Smith, of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, of Charleston, for Respondent.

The Court granted certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision holding Petitioners Lynne Vicary, Kent Prause, and the South Carolina Coastal Conservation League lacked standing to challenge Respondent Town of Awendaw's annexation of a tract of land and a separate ten-foot strip of land in the Francis Marion National Forest.

Appellate Defender LaNelle Cantey DuRant, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan M. Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Scott Matthews, both of Columbia and Solicitor David Matthew Stumbo, of Greenwood, for Respondent.

The Court issued a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in State v. Herrera, Op. No. 2016-UP-424 (S.C. Ct. App. filed Oct. 12, 2016).

W. Andrew Gowder, Jr., of Austen & Gowder LLC, of Charleston and Michael T. Rose, of Mike Rose Law Firm, PC, of Summerville, for Appellants. Steve A. Matthews, of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., of Columbia, for Respondents. James G. Carpenter, Jr., of Greenville, for Amicus Curiae, Edward D. Sloan, Jr.

This appeal is before the Court pursuant to Rule 203 of the South Carolina Appellate Court Rules. The Court reviews the circuit court's dismissal of Appellants' complaint.

Chief Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, Senior Assistant Attorney General Melody J. Brown and Assistant Attorney General Sherrie Butterbaugh, all of Columbia and Solicitor Scarlett Wilson, of Charleston, for Respondent.

Jalann Lee Williams was convicted of murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. The court of appeals affirmed. State v. Williams, Op. No. 2017-UP-015 (S.C. Ct. App. filed Jan. 11, 2017). The Court issued a writ of certiorari to address whether the trial court erred in refusing to charge the jury on self-defense.