Gilliam v. Burns

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

Reginald M. Gilliam, Appellant,

v.

Judy Burns and Index Journal Newspaper, Respondents.

Appellate Case No. 2011-193966

Appeal From Greenwood County Frank R. Addy, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2013-UP-163 Submitted January 1, 2013 – Filed April 24, 2013

AFFIRMED

Reginald M. Gilliam, pro se.

Steven Michael Pruitt and Hannah Khristin Metts, both of McDonald Patrick Poston Hemphill & Roper, LLC, both of Greenwood, for Respondents.

PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: Doe v. Marion, 373 S.C. 390, 395, 645 S.E.2d 245, 247 (2007) ("In considering a motion to dismiss a complaint based on a failure to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, the trial court must base its ruling solely on allegations set forth in the complaint."); S.C. Code Ann. § 15-3-550 (2005) (providing the statute of limitations for commencing an action for libel or slander is two years); Jones v. City of Folly Beach, 326 S.C. 360, 369, 483 S.E.2d 770, 775 (Ct. App. 1997) ("South Carolina has not adopted the discovery rule in libel and slander cases.").

AFFIRMED.1

FEW, C.J., WILLIAMS and PIEPER, JJ., concur.

1 We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.