TOYOTA OF FLORENCE, INC. v. LYNCH

No. 24045.

442 S.E.2d 611 (1994)

TOYOTA OF FLORENCE, INC., a corporation, Respondent-Appellant, v. Danny Ray LYNCH; JM Family Enterprises, Inc.; Southeast Toyota Distributors, Inc.; Tender Loving Care Corp.; World Omni Financial Corp.; World Omni Leasing, Inc.; Joyserv Co., Ltd.; Carnett-Partsnett Systems, Inc.; Toyoguard, Inc.; James D. Moran; John Joseph McNally; Terry Moore; W.M. Donohoe; Orville Verner; Al Hendrickson; Robert MacGregor, Dennis Puskaric; Tom Nardelli; and Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., Defendants, Of which JM Family Enterprises, Inc.; Southeast Toyota Distributors, Inc.; Tender Loving Care Corp.; World Omni Financial Corp.; and World Omni Leasing, Inc. are Appellants-Respondents. and Richard L. BEASLEY, Respondent-Appellant, v. Danny Ray LYNCH; JM Family Enterprises, Inc.; Southeast Toyota Distributors, Inc.; Tender Loving Care Corp.; World Omni Financial Corp.; World Omni Leasing, Inc.; Joyserv Co., Ltd.; Carnett-Partsnett Systems, Inc.; Toyoguard, Inc.; James D. Moran; John Joseph McNally; Terry Moore; W.M. Donohoe; Orville Verner; Al Hendrickson; Robert MacGregor; Dennis Puskaric; Tom Nardelli; and Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., Defendants, Of which JM Family Enterprises, Inc.; Southeast Toyota Distributors, Inc.; Tender Loving Care Corp.; World Omni Financial Corp.; and World Omni Leasing, Inc., Appellants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided April 4, 1994.

Rehearing Denied May 6, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond W. Bergan, John G. Kester, Daniel F. Katz, Thomas F. Urban, II, and Paul B. Gaffney, of Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, Thomas E. Smith, Jr., of Smith & Floyd, P.A., Pamplico, and James H. Quackenbush, Jr. and Hardwick Stuart, Jr., of Adams, Quackenbush, Herring & Stuart, Columbia, for appellants-respondents.

D. Kenneth Baker and Cely Baker Reynolds, of D. Kenneth Baker, P.A., Darlington, for respondents-appellants.


FINNEY, Acting Chief Justice:

Appellants-respondents appeal from two jury verdicts in favor of respondents-appellants, a criminal contempt order, and an order imposing a sanction. We reverse the sanction order and the finding of criminal contempt, and reverse and remand the verdicts. Respondents-appellants cross-appeal the lower court's setting aside of a separate criminal contempt order against appellantsrespondents for post-trial juror contact. This appeal is dismissed...

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