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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF NORTH CAROLINA No. COA24-911 Filed 21 May 2025 Union County, No. 21CVS002756 PALMETTO RTC, LLC, Plaintiff, v. BETH FIELDEN, BRUCE FIELDEN, & THE ESTATE OF JOE FIELDEN with Beth Fielden and Bruce Fielden as Co-Executors, Defendants. Appeal by defendant from judgment entered 12 January 2024 by Judge Jonathan W. Perry in Union County Superior Court. Heard in the C

391 S.C. 73 (2011) 705 S.E.2d 20 M & T GROUP, LLC, Respondent, v. PALMETTO POINT OF WILLIAMSTON, LLC, Jill L. Cox, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of John A. Cox, Appellants. No. 26910. Supreme Court of South Carolina. Heard October 7, 2010. Decided January 7, 2011. Rehearing Denied February

342 F.Supp.2d 468 (2004) PALMETTO BUILDERS AND DESIGNERS, INC., Plaintiff, v. UNIREAL, INC. d/b/a UniReal Construction Co., Jack Nickol, Sharren Nickol, Roy Keller and Barbara Keller, Defendants. No. CIV.A. 8:04-22193-13. United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Greenwood Division. October 22, 2004. *469 Frank S Holleman,

Reversed in part, vacated in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge WIDENER wrote the opinion, in which Judge DONALD K. RUSSELL and Judge K.K. HALL concur. OPINION WIDENER, Circuit Judge: Defendants appeal from judgments against them on state-law trespass and civil RICO claims, assigning numerous errors committed by the d

SHULER, Judge: In this schoolteacher wage dispute, the trial court granted summary judgment to defendants Palmetto Unified School District No. 1 and South Carolina Department of Corrections (“Employers”). Geraldine Abraham, et al. (collectively “Employees”) appeal. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand. FACTS/PROCEDURAL HISTORY In 1981, the General Assembly established a “special sta

117 F.3d 142 RICO Bus.Disp.Guide 9299 PALMETTO STATE MEDICAL CENTER, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.OPERATION LIFELINE; Dan W. Brooks; Michael Cloer; TebraCloer; Benjamin Dawkins; James Freeman; William Gautsch;Glenda Hawkins; Robin Henderson; Virginia Homol; LeonardKull; Ruthie Kull; Walter League; James Marlow; BethMay; Linville Miller; Gerald Medford; Enny McDowell;Will

303 S.C. 237 (1991) 399 S.E.2d 779 TRI-COUNTY ICE AND FUEL COMPANY, Respondent v. PALMETTO ICE COMPANY and P&H Company, Inc., doing business as Palmetto Ice Company, Appellants. 23300 Supreme Court of South Carolina. Heard October 22, 1990. Decided December 10, 1991. *238 Charles E.

343 S.C. 36 (2000) 538 S.E.2d 656 Geraldine ABRAHAM; Marie Brice Adams; James R. Archie; Diane N. Austin; Jeannete P. Austin; Thurston Bagnal; Ellen S. Bailey; Shelley B. Baker; Alice G. Balot; Dedra Baskin; Horace M. Bass; Helen P. Becote; James Cal Bell; Othella R. Bernard; Johnnie T. Bias; John Bodie; Richard L. Boland; Katherina W. Bolden; Jewell B. Bounds; Frank A. Boxx; Patricia Bradley; Linda M.W. Bratton; Ann T. Bridges; R

831 F.Supp. 510 (1993) The RESOLUTION TRUST CORPORATION as Conservator for Cooper River Federal Savings Association and as Receiver of Cooper River Federal Savings Bank, Plaintiff, v. PALMETTO FORT OF MT. PLEASANT, a Limited Partnership, Palmetto Resources, Inc., Residual Resources, Inc., and Harriet Romano, Defendants. Civ. A. No. 2:92-1743-18. United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Charlest

455 So.2d 1097 (1984) Worthy WATSON, Appellant, v. FREEMAN DECORATING CO. and Hartford Insurance Group, Appellees. No. AW-350. District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District. September 17, 1984. *1098 Ronald B. Gilbert, Miami, for appellant. Mark L. Zientz of Williams & Zientz, Coral Gables, for appellees.

PER CURIAM: Appellants appeal the district court’s denial of attorney’s fees in this school desegregation case against the School District of DeKalb County, Georgia. We affirm the district court’s decision. On February 24, 1984, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia entered a

293 S.C. 255 (1987) 359 S.E.2d 532 Deborah K. FREEMAN, Respondent v. A. & M. MOBILE HOME SALES, INC., Luann Croy and Commodore Financial, formerly known as J.K. Financial. Appeal of COMMODORE FINANCIAL. 1010 Court of Appeals of South Carolina. Heard June 22, 1987. Decided August 10, 1987. *25

Appellants, Mrs. Emma Bird, joined herein pro forma by her husband, E. D. Bird, brought this suit against the Palmetto Lumber Company and Jesse Brack on the 23d day of October, 1911 to recover title to the 217 acres of land described in their petition. Mrs. Sallie E. Gibbs, George W. Carroll, and J. P. McMahon were later brought into the suit as defendants, Mrs. Gibbs as assignee of the defendant Palmetto Lumber Company, and Carroll and McMahon as warrantors of title to said land only. Appell

The plaintiff recovered a verdict of $500 actual damages and $2,000 punitive damages against both of the defendants, the one a corporation and the other its general superintendent, on account of an alleged false imprisonment, which arose out of the facts, a statement of which from the agreed case is reproduced in the leading opinion. It may not always be so, but in this particular case the charge of false imprisonment (more accurately denominated wrongful or unlawful imprisonment) depe

346 S.C. 621 (2001) 552 S.E.2d 737 HORRY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellant, v. HORRY COUNTY and the City of Myrtle Beach, Respondents. No. 25355. Supreme Court of South Carolina. Heard January 11, 2001. Decided September 4, 2001. *624 Kenneth L. Childs, William F. Halligan, and John M. Rea

PER CURIAM. Lifemark Hospital of Florida, Inc., appeals from a final judgment entered on a jury verdict finding it 100% liable in a premises liability case. We affirm. The hospital relies on the “step in the dark” rule of contributory negligence for the proposition that, as a matter of law, in this case the plaintiff was comparatively negligent. See, e.g., Delany v. Breeding’s Homestead Drug Co., <

671 F.3d 1052 (2012) Kristin M. PERRY; Sandra B. Stier; Paul T. Katami; Jeffrey J. Zarrillo, Plaintiffs-Appellees, City and County of San Francisco, Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edmund G. BROWN, Jr., in his official capacity as Governor of California; Kamala D. Harris, in her official capacity as Attorney General of California; Mark B. Horton, in his official capacity as Director of the California Department of Public Health & State

NANNETTE JOLIVETTE BROWN, CHIEF JUDGE Pending before the Court are two motions: (1) Defendants Raymond James & Associates, Inc., as successor to Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc., Frances "Polly" Moore, and Beatriz Cadena's (collectively "Defendants") "Motion to Confirm Arbitration Award and for Entry of Final Judgment;"1 and (2) Plaintiff Terrell LeBeaux Warren individually and on behalf of Frank

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs, Appellant, v. Cash Central of South Carolina LLC, Respondent. Appellate Case No. 2017-002639 Appeal from Richland County Robert E. Hood, Circuit Court Judge Opinion No. 5855 Hear

Dillard, Judge. A jury convicted Shareef Reynolds of two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of false imprisonment, armed robbery, burglary, theft by taking, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, possession of marijuana less than one ounce, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Thereafter, Reynolds retained new counsel and filed a motion for a