THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCARC. PER CURIAM . Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: S.C. Code Ann. 40-59-30(B) (2011) ("[A] person or firm who first has not procured a license or registered with the [South Carolina Residential Builders Commission] and is required to do so by law may not file a mechanics' lien or bring an action at law or...
MCDONALD , J. In this appeal from the Appellate Panel of the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission (the Appellate Panel), Otis Nero argues the Appellate Panel erred in failing to find (1) his employer, the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT), received adequate notice of his workplace accident and (2) he demonstrated reasonable excuse for—and SCDOT was not prejudiced by—any late formal notice. We reverse. Facts and Procedural History On June 20, 2012, Nero was...
THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCARC. PER CURIAM . Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: Turner v. Milliman, 392 S.C. 116 , 121-22, 708 S.E.2d 766 , 769 (2011) ("When reviewing a grant of summary judgment, appellate courts apply the same standard applied by the trial court pursuant to Rule 56(c), SCRCP."); id. at 122, 708 S.E.2d at 769 ("...
THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCARC. PER CURIUM : Joseph Wright, Jr. appeals the circuit court's order finding him in willful civil contempt of a restitution order, arguing the court erred in (1) providing a remedy of civil contempt for violation of the restitution order after the expiration of his probationary term and (2) entering the order after his period of probation had...
McDONALD , J. : In this appeal from the Appellate Panel of the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission (the Appellate Panel), Otis Nero argues the Appellate Panel erred in failing to find (1) his employer, the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT), received adequate notice of his workplace accident and (2) he demonstrated reasonable excuse for — and SCDOT was not prejudiced by — any late formal notice. We reverse. Facts and Procedural History On June 20, 2012, Nero...
GEATHERS , J. Appellant Charles Brooks challenges the circuit court's order disqualifying Irma Brooks—Appellant's wife and law partner—from representing him and disqualifying Appellant from representing himself pursuant to Rule 3.7 of the South Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct. We affirm in part, reverse in part, vacate in part, and remand. FACTS/PROCEDURAL HISTORY Appellant and his wife are attorneys and practice out of Appellant's law office. A substantial portion of Appellant'...
LOCKEMY , C.J. : The Lee County School District Board of Trustees (the Board) appeals the circuit court's reversal of its decision to terminate the employment of teacher Laura Toney. We affirm. FACTS/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Laura Toney was employed as a social studies teacher at Lee Central High School (the School) in the Lee County School District (the District). 1 On September 27, 2013, Toney attended a social studies departmental meeting at the School along with five other teachers,...
THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCARC. PER CURIAM . In this civil matter, Dorothy Renee Simchon, Sam Simchon, and Bay Island Sportswear, Inc. (Bay Island) (collectively "Appellants") appeal the circuit court's order enforcing a settlement agreement (Agreement) with Vince Coates. Appellants argue the court erred in (1) failing to require Coates to comply with the spirit of the...
LOCKEMY , C.J. : William Lee Turner appeals the Appellate Panel of the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission's (the Commission) decision and order denying him benefits under the Workers' Compensation Act (the Act). Turner argues the Commission erred in: (1) failing to apply the presumption that his injury arose out of and in the course of employment; (2) affirming the single commissioner's findings of fact; (3) finding he did not establish a cause for his accidental injury; and (4)...
