WILSON v. STYLE CREST PRODUCTS, INC.

No. 26122.

367 S.C. 653 (2006)

627 S.E.2d 733

Lorraine S. WILSON, Joseph Pinckney, Jr., Michael Lisbon, Judy Spradley, Clifford Middletown and Arthur Meeks, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, Appellants, v. STYLE CREST PRODUCTS, INC, Tie Down Engineering, Minute Man Products, Champion Home Builders Co., CMH Manufacturing, Inc. d/b/a Clayton Homes, Inc., Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc., Fleetwood Homes of Georgia, Inc., Horton Homes d/b/a Dynasty Homes, Inc., and d/b/a H & S Homes, HBOS Manufacturing, Limited Partnership a/k/a HBOS Manufacturing, LP successor in interest of Schult Homes Corporation, successor in interest of Homes by Fisher, Inc. and Southern Energy Homes, Defendants, of whom Style Crest Products, Inc., Tie Down Engineering, Minute Man Products, Champion Home Builders Co., CMH Manufacturing Inc. d/b/a Clayton Homes, Inc., Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc., Fleetwood Homes of Georgia, Inc., Horton Homes d/b/a Dynasty Homes, Inc. and d/b/a H & S Homes and Southern Energy Homes are the Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided March 6, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher McG. Holmes, of Mount Pleasant, and Paul J. Doolittle, of Motley Rice, of Mount Pleasant, for Appellants.

Albert A. Lacour, III, of Clawson & Staubes, Inc., and Michael A. Scardato, of McNair Law Firm, P.A., both of Charleston, and Robert L. Widener, of McNair Law Firm, of Columbia, for Respondent Minute Man Products, Inc.; Charles E. Carpenter, Jr., Steven J. Pugh, and Drew Hamilton Butler, all of Richardson, Plowden, Carpenter & Robinson, P.A., of Columbia; and John K. Blincow, Jr., and Sean A. O'Connor, both of Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, P.A., of Charleston, for Respondent Style Crest Products, Inc.; Benjamin D. McCoy, Andrew E. Haselden, and Rowland P. Alston, III, all of Howser, Newman & Besley, L.L.C., of Columbia, for Respondent CMH Manufacturing; C. Tyson Nettles, of Robertson & Hollingsworth, of Charleston; J. Boone Aiken, of Aiken, Bridges, Nunn, Elliott & Taylor, P.A., of Florence, for Respondent Horton Homes; Morgan S. Templeton, of Elmore & Wall, P.A., of Charleston, and W. Scott Simpson, of Batchelor & Simpson, of Birmingham, for Respondent Southern Energy Homes; R. Michael Ethridge and N. Keith Emge, Jr., both of Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, L.L.P., Robert T. Lyles, Jr., of Lyles & Lyles, L.L.C., all of Charleston, and Cari Hicks, of Leatherwood, Walker Todd & Mann, of Greenville, for Respondent Tie Down Engineering; S. Keith Hutto, C. Mitchell Brown, and William H. Latham, of Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, L.L.P., of Columbia, for Respondents Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc., Fleetwood Homes of Georgia, and Champion Enterprises.


Justice WALLER:

This is a class action in which the circuit court granted the defendants summary judgment. We affirm.

FACTS

The Appellants (hereinafter referred to as "Homeowners") own mobile homes in South Carolina which were manufactured by several of the respondents (hereinafter referred to as "Home Defendants"). The homes are secured by a soil anchor tie down system with component parts which were manufactured and sold by the respondents Style...

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