Simpson v. World Finance Corp.

Decision Date23 April 2007
Docket NumberNo. 26314.,26314.
Citation644 S.E.2d 723
CourtSouth Carolina Supreme Court
PartiesTawanda SIMPSON, Respondent, v. WORLD FINANCE CORPORATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA and World Acceptance Corporation, Petitioners.

Appeal from Laurens County; James W. Johnson, Jr., Circuit Court Judge.

Judson K. Chapin, III, of Greenville, for Petitioners.

Matthew Price Turner, Rhett D. Burney, both of Turner and Burney, P.C., of Laurens, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

We granted a writ of certiorari to review Simpson v. World Finance Corp. of South Carolina, 367 S.C. 184, 623 S.E.2d 877 (Ct. App.2005).

We affirm the court of appeals' decision pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authority: Aiken v. World Finance Corp. of South Carolina, Op. No. 26313, 644 S.E.2d 705 (S.C. Sup.Ct. filed April 23, 2007) (Shearouse Adv. Sh. No. 16 at 47) (holding that this Court will not interpret an arbitration agreement to apply to outrageous torts that are unforeseeable to a reasonable consumer in the context of normal business dealings).

TOAL, C.J., MOORE, WALLER, and BURNETT, JJ., concur. PLEICONES, J., concurring in result only.

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