Gottschlich v. Strimpfel Custom Homes

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Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-676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.