Opinion
Opinion No. 24736
Heard October 21, 1997
Decided January 12, 1998
Appeal From Charleston County M. Duane Shuler, Judge.
Thomas S. Tisdale, Jr., Stephen P. Groves, and Stephen L. Brown, all of Young, Clement, Rivers Tisdale, Charleston, for Appellant First Charleston Corporation.
D.A. Brockington, Jr., and John J. Kerr, of Brockington, Brockington Kerr, Charleston, for Appellant Evening Post Publishing Company.
Assistant Attorney General Christie Newman Barrett, Columbia, for Amicus Curiae Office of Attorney General.
William L. Runyon, Charleston, T. Travis Medlock, Columbia, and Keith W. Kornahrens, of Hanahan, for Respondents Michael Wagers and Caleb Harper.
Jack B. Swerling, of Columbia, for Respondent Margaret Rush.
Lionel S. Lofton, Charleston, for Respondent Robert Waters.
Attorney General Charles Molony Condon, Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Assistant Attorney General G. Robert DeLoach, III, Columbia, for Respondent State of South Carolina.
Vacated pursuant to Rule 220 (b)(1), SCACR, and the following authorities: Ex parte Island Packet, 308 S.C. 198, 417 S.E.2d 575 (1992); Ex parte First Charleston, 329 S.C. 31, 495 S.E.2d 423 (1998).