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Unpublished Opinion No. 2013-UP-163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.