Fisher v. Huckabee (In re Estate of Baker)

Full title: In the matter of the Estate of Alice Shaw Baker. Betty Fisher and Lisa…

Court: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals

Date published: Jul 15, 2015

Appellate Case No. 2014-001267 (S.C. Ct. App. Jul. 15, 2015)

Opinion

Appellate Case No. 2014-001267 Unpublished Opinion No. 2015-UP-359

07-15-2015

In the matter of the Estate of Alice Shaw Baker. Betty Fisher and Lisa Fisher, Appellants, v. Bessie Huckabee, Kay Passailague Slade, Sandra Byrd, and Henry McMaster, in his Capacity as Attorney General of South Carolina, Defendants, Of Whom Bessie Huckabee, Kay Passailague Slade, and Sandra Byrd are the Respondents.

John Hughes Cooper, of John Hughes Cooper, PC, of Mount Pleasant, for Appellants. Peter A. Kouten, of Kouten Law Firm, LLC, of Johns Island; and Warren W. Wills, III, of Law Office of W. Westbrook Wills III, of Folly Beach, for Respondents.

PER CURIAM

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. Appeal From Charleston County
J. C. Nicholson, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

DISMISSED

John Hughes Cooper, of John Hughes Cooper, PC, of Mount Pleasant, for Appellants. Peter A. Kouten, of Kouten Law Firm, LLC, of Johns Island; and Warren W. Wills, III, of Law Office of W. Westbrook Wills III, of Folly Beach, for Respondents. PER CURIAM : Betty and Lisa Fisher appeal circuit court orders denying their motion to disqualify attorney Peter Kouten and a consent order substituting counsel. Because the orders are not immediately appealable, we dismiss this appeal. See EnerSys Delaware, Inc. v. Hopkins, 401 S.C. 615, 619, 738 S.E.2d 478, 480 (2013) (holding an order denying a motion to disqualify an attorney is not immediately appealable). DISMISSED. ¹ SHORT, LOCKEMY, and McDONALD, JJ., concur.

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