Gilliam v. Greenwood Professional

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.

Greenwood Professional Investigations, Inc. and Mr.
Ronnie McAllister, Respondents.

Appellate Case No. 2011-194292

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

Unpublished Opinion No. 2013-UP-044
Submitted December 3, 2012 – Filed January 30, 2013

AFFIRMED

Reginald M. Gilliam, pro se.

Billy J. Garrett, Jr., of The Garrett Law Firm, PC, and
Robert Jamison Tinsley, Jr., of Tinsley & Tinsley, P.C.,
both of Greenwood, for Respondents.
PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following
authorities: Rule 12(a), SCRCP ("A defendant shall serve his answer within 30
days after the service of the complaint upon him . . . ."); Citizens & S. Nat'l Bank of
S.C. v. First Palmetto State Bank & Trust Co., 279 S.C. 252, 254, 305 S.E.2d 80,
80-81 (1983) ("[O]ne of the most important elements of a Summons is the time it
allots for the defendant to appear.").

AFFIRMED.1

SHORT, KONDUROS, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.

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