Opinion
2016-UP-276
06-08-2016
Hubert Bethune, Respondent, v. Waffle House, Inc., Appellant. Appellate Case No. 2014-002058
Andrew F. Lindemann, of Davidson & Lindemann, PA, of Columbia, for Appellant. Rodney M. Brown, of Rodney M. Brown, P.A., of Fountain Inn, for Respondent.
UNPUBLISHED OPINION
Submitted March 1, 2016
Appeal From Anderson County Alexander S. Macaulay, Circuit Court Judge
Andrew F. Lindemann, of Davidson & Lindemann, PA, of Columbia, for Appellant.
Rodney M. Brown, of Rodney M. Brown, P.A., of Fountain Inn, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: S.C. Code Ann. § 22-3-10(2) (2007) ("Magistrates have concurrent civil jurisdiction in . . . actions for damages for injury to rights pertaining to the person or personal or real property, if the damages claimed do not exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars . . . ."); Lake v. Reeder Constr. Co., 330 S.C. 242, 248, 498 S.E.2d 650, 653 (Ct. App. 1998) ("Lack of subject matter jurisdiction can be raised at any time, can be raised for the first time on appeal, and can be raised sua sponte by the court."); Rule 41(a)(2), SCRCP ("[A]n action shall not be dismissed at the plaintiff's instance save upon order of the court and upon such terms and conditions as the court deems proper.").
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
HUFF, A.C.J., and SHORT and THOMAS, JJ., concur.