Costa M. Pleicones

South Carolina Department of Corrections v. Cartrette

Supreme Court of South Carolina · 2012-02-22 · cited 1×

The case concerns the South Carolina Supreme Court's review of a Court of Appeals decision in South Carolina Department of Corrections v. Cartrette. After initially granting a writ of certiorari to examine the lower court's ruling, the Supreme Court determined that the writ had been improvidently granted. The Court therefore dismissed the writ without further proceedings. All participating justices concurred in the dismissal.

criminal lawprocedure

Michau v. Georgetown County

Supreme Court of South Carolina · 2012-02-01 · cited 9×

In Michau v. Georgetown County, an employee sought workers' compensation benefits for alleged repetitive trauma injuries to his shoulders from operating a motor grader, claiming medical expenses and temporary total disability. The South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission denied the claim after considering medical evidence from both sides, including an opinion from the employer's expert attributing the shoulder problems to preexisting arthritis rather than work activities. The South Carolina Supreme Court reversed and remanded, ruling that section 42-1-172 of the South Carolina Code requires medical opinions or testimony in repetitive trauma claims to be stated to a reasonable degree of medical certainty for admissibility. The court held that the statute applies to expert opinions from both claimants and employers and that the Commission erred in admitting the non-compliant opinion from the employer's doctor. The matter was sent back for the Commission to evaluate the claim using only the remaining competent evidence.

labor & employmentprocedure

Clarendon County Ex Rel. Clarendon County Assessor v. Tykat, Inc.

Supreme Court of South Carolina · 2011-08-15 · cited 3×

This case involved a dispute over whether Tykat, Inc., a private company, owed ad valorem taxes on its leasehold interest in property owned by the tax-exempt South Carolina Public Service Authority, which Tykat used as a campground. The Administrative Law Court upheld the tax assessment by Clarendon County, and the South Carolina Supreme Court affirmed that decision while also affirming the denial of the county's request for attorneys' fees. The court reasoned that under the plain language of South Carolina Code section 12-37-950, a leasehold estate conveyed by a tax-exempt grantor to a non-exempt grantee must be valued and taxed as real estate, regardless of the use. Precedents cited by Tykat addressed only the tax status of the exempt owner, not the lessee, and did not override the statute.

taxesproperty

In Re Roberts

Supreme Court of South Carolina · 2010-09-24

This case concerns a petition filed by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel seeking to place an attorney on interim suspension under the South Carolina Rules of Lawyer Disciplinary Enforcement. The court granted the petition without elaboration, ordering that the respondent's license to practice law be suspended until further direction from the court. The order relies directly on Rule 17(b) of the applicable disciplinary rules. Justice Pleicones did not participate in the decision.

procedure

In Re MBH

Supreme Court of South Carolina · 2010-04-19

In Re Harper

Supreme Court of South Carolina · 2010-03-02 · cited 1×

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