Triad Mech. Contractors, Inc. v. Built Right Constr., LLC
Decision Date | 01 April 2020 |
Docket Number | Appellate Case No. 2017-001205,Unpublished Opinion No. 2020-UP-090 |
Parties | Triad Mechanical Contractors, Inc., Respondent, v. Built Right Construction, LLC; Austin-Hitt Contracting, a Corporation; Allison Smith Company; Charleston County Aviation Authority, A Body Politic; Jesse L. Blewer; Christopher Pelletier; Gene Pelletier; Federal Insurance Company/Travelers Casualty and Surety/Liberty Mutual Company, Defendants, Of whom Built Right Construction, LLC, Chris Pelletier, and Jesse Blewer, are Appellants. |
Court | South Carolina Court of Appeals |
Triad Mechanical Contractors, Inc., Respondent, v. Built Right Construction, LLC; Austin-Hitt Contracting,
a Corporation; Allison Smith Company;
Charleston County Aviation Authority, A Body Politic;
Jesse L. Blewer; Christopher Pelletier; Gene Pelletier;
Federal Insurance Company/Travelers Casualty
and Surety/Liberty Mutual Company, Defendants,
Of whom Built Right Construction, LLC,
Chris Pelletier, and Jesse Blewer, are Appellants.
Appellate Case No. 2017-001205
Unpublished Opinion No. 2020-UP-090
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals
Submitted January 1, 2020
April 1, 2020
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.
Appeal From Charleston County
Mikell R. Scarborough, Master-in-Equity
AFFIRMED
William K. Austin, of Austin Law Firm, LLC, of Charleston, for Appellants.
William L. Runyon, Jr., of William L. Runyon Law Office, of Charleston, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM: Christopher Pelletier, Jesse Blewer, and Built Right Construction, LLC appeal the trial court's oral denial of their oral request for a jury trial. We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: Frampton v. S.C. Dep't of Transp., 406 S.C. 377, 385, 752 S.E.2d 269, 274 (Ct. App. 2013) ("Orders affecting the mode of trial affect a substantial right as defined in section 14-3-330(2) of the South Carolina Code [(2017)] 'and must, therefore, be appealed immediately.'" (quoting Lester v. Dawson, 327 S.C. 263, 266, 491 S.E.2d 240, 241 (1997))); id. at 386, 752 S.E.2d at 274 ("Moreover, the failure to timely appeal an order affecting the mode of trial effects a waiver of the right to appeal that issue." (quoting Lester, 327 S.C. at 266, 491 S.E.2d at 241)); Foggie v. CSX Transp., Inc., 313 S.C. 98, 23, 431 S.E.2d 587, 590 (1993) ("Issues regarding mode of trial must be raised in the trial court at the first opportunity, and the order of the trial judge is immediately appealable."); Shah v. Richland Mem'l Hosp., 350 S.C. 139, 152, 564 S.E.2d 681, 688 (Ct. App. 2002) ("Thus, where a party fails to immediately appeal an order designating the case as a non-jury matter, it acts as a waiver of the right to appeal that issue and a subsequent appeal is barred."); Motley v. Williams, 374 S.C. 107, 112, 647 S.E.2d 244, 247 (Ct. App. 2007) ("Acts of an attorney are directly attributable to and binding upon the client." (quoting Shelton v. Bressant, 312 S.C. 183, 184, 439 S.E.2d 833, 834 (1993))).1
AFFIRMED.2
HUFF, WILLIAMS, and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.
1. Additionally, Blewer failed to request a jury trial within ten days of filing his answer, thus waiving any subsequent right to a jury trial. See Rule 38(b), SCRCP ("Any party may demand a trial by jury of any issue triable of right by a jury by serving upon the other parties a demand therefor in writing at any time after the...
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