Hammond v. The State-Record Co., Inc.
Decision Date | 22 January 2014 |
Docket Number | 2014-UP-026 |
Court | South Carolina Court of Appeals |
Parties | Adrian Hammond, Appellant, v. The State-Record Company, Inc., Lezlie Patterson, Tanya R. Fogg, Monte Paulson, Lisa Greene, and Cliff LeBlanc, Respondents. Appellate Case No. 2010-176626 |
UNPUBLISHED OPINION
Submitted October 1, 2013
Appeal From Richland County Clifton Newman, Circuit Court Judge
Adrian Hammond, of Columbia, pro se.
Jay Bender, of Baker Ravenel & Bender, LLP, of Columbia, for Respondents.
Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities:
1. As to whether the circuit court erred in finding Respondents' counsel's letter to Judge Barber was not an unrequired and inappropriate ex parte communication Rouvet v. Rouvet, 388 S.C. 301, 308, 696 S.E.2d 204 207 (Ct. App. 2010) (); Williams v. Watkins, 384 S.C. 319, 324, 681 S.E.2d 914, 917 (Ct App. 2009) ( ); Sadisco of Greenville Inc. v. Greenville Cnty. Bd. of Zoning Appeals, 340 S.C. 57, 59, 530 S.E.2d 383, 384 (2000) ( ); Tench v. S.C. Dep't of Educ., 347 S.C. 117, 121, 553 S.E.2d 451, 453 (2001) (); Thomas & Howard Co. v. T.W. Graham & Co., 318 S.C. 286, 291, 457 S.E.2d 340, 343 (1995) ("A judgment will not be vacated for a mere irregularity which does not affect the justice of the case, and of which the party could have availed himself, but did not do so until judgment was rendered against him."); Canon 3(B)(7), Rule 501, SCACR (authorizing ex parte communications between a judge and a party so long as those communications are "for scheduling, administrative purposes or emergencies that do not deal with substantive matters or issues on the merits").
2. As to whether the circuit court erred in finding Judge Barber had the authority to reschedule a hearing on Appellant's motion to dismiss: Atl. Coast Builders & Contractors LLC v. Lewis, 398 S.C. 323, 329, 730 S.E.2d 282, 285 (2012) (); Sadisco, 340 S.C. at 59, 530 S.E.2d at 384 ( ); Tench, 347 S.C. at 121, 553 S.E.2d at 453 (); Thomas & Howard Co., 318 S.C. at 291, 457 S.E.2d at 343 (...
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