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KNIGHT v. TRUNDY, 2011-UP-057. (2011)

Court: Court of Appeals of South Carolina Number: inscco20110216894 Visitors: 10
Filed: Feb. 15, 2011
Latest Update: Feb. 15, 2011
Summary: 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), SCACR. PER CURIAM: Mildred C. Knight and Bobby Knight, III, pro se, appeal the granting of Sean K. Trundy's, I. Keith McCarty's, Roy Maybank's, Amanda Maybank's, Pratt-Thomas, Epting and Walker Law Firm's, and Maybank Law Firm's motion to dismiss Knight's legal malpractice and civil conspiracy complaint. We affirm 1 pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR
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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), SCACR.

PER CURIAM:

Mildred C. Knight and Bobby Knight, III, pro se, appeal the granting of Sean K. Trundy's, I. Keith McCarty's, Roy Maybank's, Amanda Maybank's, Pratt-Thomas, Epting and Walker Law Firm's, and Maybank Law Firm's motion to dismiss Knight's legal malpractice and civil conspiracy complaint. We affirm1 pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR and the following authorities: Rule 12(b)(6), SCRCP (stating a complaint is to be dismissed for failure to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action); S.C. Code Ann. § 15-36-100(B) (Supp. 2010) ("[P]laintiff must file as part of the complaint an affidavit of an expert witness who must specify at least one negligent act or omission claimed to exist and the factual basis for each claim . . . ."); S.C. Code Ann. § 15-36-100(C)(1) (Supp. 2010) (stating that upon defendant's motion to dismiss, a professional negligence claim should be dismissed for failure to submit such an affidavit).

AFFIRMED.

HUFF, SHORT, and PIEPER, JJ., concur.

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1. We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
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