Paul v. SCDEW

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

Kerry Paul, Appellant,

v.

South Carolina Department of Employment and
Workforce, Respondent.

Appellate Case No. 2015-000244

Appeal From Richland County
Robert E. Hood, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2016-UP-433
Submitted September 1, 2016 – Filed October 19, 2016

AFFIRMED

Lucy Clark Sanders and Nancy Bloodgood, both of
Bloodgood & Sanders, LLC, of Charleston, for
Appellant.

Christi Porter Cox, of Hamilton Martens, LLC, of Rock
Hill, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following
authorities: Wilder Corp. v. Wilke, 330 S.C. 71, 76, 497 S.E.2d 731, 733 (1998) ("It
is axiomatic that an issue cannot be raised for the first time on appeal, but must
have been raised to and ruled upon by the trial [court] to be preserved for appellate
review."); Staubes v. City of Folly Beach, 339 S.C. 406, 412, 529 S.E.2d 543, 546
(2000) ("Error preservation requirements are intended 'to enable the [trial] court to
rule properly after it has considered all relevant facts, law, and arguments.'"
(quoting I'On, L.L.C. v. Town of Mt. Pleasant, 338 S.C. 406, 422, 526 S.E.2d 716,
724 (2000))); id. ("Without an initial ruling by the trial court, a reviewing court
simply would not be able to evaluate whether the trial court committed error.");
West v. Newberry Elec. Coop., 357 S.C. 537, 543, 593 S.E.2d 500, 503 (Ct. App.
2004) (finding an issue that is neither addressed by the trial court in its final order
nor raised by way of a Rule 59(e), SCRCP, motion is not preserved for review).

AFFIRMED.1

LOCKEMY, C.J., and KONDUROS and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.

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