Mantei & Associates v. Monroe

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 Mantei & Associates, LTD, Respondent, v. John D. Monroe, Jr., and Julia Marie Shields, Appellants. Appeal From Richland County Casey L. Manning, Circuit Court Judge Unpublished Opinion No. 2011-UP-166 Submitted March 1, 2011 – Filed April 18, 2011 AFFIRMED Noah M. Hicks, II, of Columbia, for Appellants. Michael H. Montgomery, of Columbia, for Respondent. PER CURIAM: John D. Monroe, Jr. and Julia Marie Shields appeal the circuit court's order denying their motion to dismiss or, in the alternative, compel arbitration in a suit initiated by Mantei and Associates. Monroe and Shields argue the parties' dispute must be arbitrated because Mantei initiated arbitration to resolve the issues on appeal in prior litigation between the parties. We affirm[1] pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authorities: Staubes v. City of Folly Beach, 339 S.C. 406, 412, 529 S.E.2d 543, 546 (2000) (holding an issue must have been raised to and ruled upon by the circuit court in order to be preserved for appellate review); South Carolina Dep't of Transp. v. M & T Enter. of Mt. Pleasant, LLC, 379 S.C. 645, 559 n.7, 667 S.E.2d 7, 15 n.7 (Ct. App. 2008) (holding an issue was not preserved for appellate review after it was raised in a proposed order submitted to the circuit court, but the appellant never filed a Rule 59(e), SCRCP, motion asking the court to address the issue). AFFIRMED. WILLIAMS, J., LOCKEMY, J., and CURETON, A.J., concur. [1] We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.