Gottschlich v. Strimpfel Custom Homes

Opinion

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.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals

Gregory M. Gottschlich and Donald L. McNeil, Appellants,

v.

Strimpfel Custom Homes, Inc.; Joseph A. Reeve; Jerry L. Richardson; Coastal Surveying, Co., Inc.; Thomas N. Dye; Jan H. Dye; Ken Oliver; The Byrne Corporation d/b/a Dunes Marketing Group; Laurich & Deeb, P.A.; Robert M. Deeb, Jr. and Charles H. Wiseman, Defendants,

Of whom Ken Oliver, The Byrne Corporation d/b/a Dunes Marketing Group, Laurich & Deeb, P.A., Robert M. Deeb, Jr. and Charles H. Wiseman are the, Respondents.

Appellate Case No. 2010-161986

Appeal From Beaufort County Marvin H. Dukes, III, Master-in-Equity

Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-676 Heard November 14, 2012– Filed December 19, 2012

AFFIRMED

Charles E. Carpenter, Jr. and Carmen Vaughn Ganjehsani, of Carpenter Appeals & Trial Support, LLC, of Columbia, for Appellants.

Susan Taylor Wall, of McNair Law Firm, PA, of Charleston, for Respondents Laurich & Deeb, PA, Robert Deeb, Jr. & Charles Wiseman.

Max G. Mahaffee, of Grimball & Cabaniss, LLC, of Charleston, for Respondents Ken Oliver and The Byrne Corporation d/b/a Dunes Marketing Group.

PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: Jones v. Lott, 387 S.C. 339, 346, 692 S.E.2d 900, 903 (2010) ("Under the two issue rule, where a decision is based on more than one ground, the appellate court will affirm unless the appellant appeals all grounds because the unappealed ground will become the law of the case."); id. at 346, 692 S.E.2d at 903-04 (noting that the two issue rule can be applied to situations not involving a jury); Anderson v. Short, 323 S.C. 522, 525-26, 476 S.E.2d 475, 477 (1996) (affirming the trial court's decision because the plaintiff did not appeal all grounds for the decision); see also Jean Hoefer Toal, et al., Appellate Practice in South Carolina 80 (2nd ed. 2002) ("It is a fundamental rule of law that an appellate court will affirm a ruling by a lower court if the offended party does not challenge that ruling." (citations omitted)).

AFFIRMED.

HUFF, THOMAS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.