Opinion
2013-UP-163
04-24-2013
Reginald M. Gilliam, Appellant, v. Judy Burns and Index Journal Newspaper, Respondents. Appellate Case No. 2011-193966
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.
UNPUBLISHED OPINION
Submitted January 1, 2013
Appeal From Greenwood County Frank R. Addy, Jr., Circuit Court Judge
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.").
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
FEW, C.J., WILLIAMS and PIEPER, JJ., concur.