Opinion
2014-UP-415
11-26-2014
Becky Lynette West, Appellant, v. Luck Avenue Properties, Inc., a/k/a Luck Avenue Properties, LLC, Respondent. Appellate Case No. 2013-002602
Kevin Michael Hughes, of North Myrtle Beach, for Appellant. Christopher H. Pearce, of The Pearce Law Group, P.C, of Myrtle Beach, for Respondent.
UNPUBLISHED OPINION
Submitted October 1, 2014
Appeal From Horry County Larry B. Hyman, Jr., Circuit Court Judge
Kevin Michael Hughes, of North Myrtle Beach, for Appellant.
Christopher H. Pearce, of The Pearce Law Group, P.C, of Myrtle Beach, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM.
Becky Lynette West appeals the trial court's order denying her motion to restore this case to the trial docket pursuant to Rule 40(j), SCRCP. On appeal, West argues the trial court erred by finding the effective date of the order striking the case was the date the order was signed, and not the date it was filed. We agree. See Bowman v. Richland Mem'l Hosp., 335 S.C. 88, 92, 515 S.E.2d 259, 261 (Ct. App. 1999) (holding the effective date of a trial court order is the date the order is entered by the clerk of court, not the date the order is signed). We further find West's motion to restore the case was filed within a year of the order striking the case; thus, the statute of limitations on her claim is tolled until the case is restored. See Rule 40(j), SCRCP (providing "if the claim is restored upon motion made within [one] year of the date stricken, the statute of limitations shall be tolled . . . [until] the date that the claim is restored"). Accordingly, we reverse and remand to the trial court for a new order restoring this case to the trial docket.
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
WILLIAMS, GEATHERS, and McDONALD, JJ., concur.