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ANGUS v. BURROUGHS & CHAPIN CO.

No. 26127.

368 S.C. 167 (2006)

628 S.E.2d 261

Linda ANGUS, Respondent, v. BURROUGHS & CHAPIN CO., Myrtle Beach Herald, Doug Wendel, Pat Dowling, Deborah Johnson, Chandler C. Prosser, Marvin Heyd, Chandler Brigham, and Terry Cooper Of whom Burroughs & Chapin Co., Doug Wendel, Pat Dowling, Myrtle Beach Herald and Deborah Johnson are Petitioners.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided March 20, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Widener and Celeste T. Jones, of McNair Law Firm, P.A., of Columbia, for petitioner Burroughs & Chapin Co.

L. Morgan Martin, of Hearn, Brittain & Martin, P.A., of Conway; Thomas C. Brittain, of Hearn, Brittain & Martin, P.A., of Myrtle Beach; and Scott B. Umstead, of Myrtle Beach, for petitioners Doug Wendel and Pat Dowling.

William E. Lawson, of Lawson & Gwin Law Offices, of Myrtle Beach, for petitioner Doug Wendel.

Jay Bender and Holly Palmer Beeson, of Baker, Ravenel & Bender, L.L.P., of Columbia, for petitioners Myrtle Beach Herald and Deborah Johnson.

L. Sidney Connor, IV, of Kelaher, Connell & Connor, of Surfside Beach, for respondent.

Justice MOORE:

We granted a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' decision reversing the grant of summary judgment to petitioners in this civil conspiracy case.1 We reverse.

FACTS

Respondent Linda Angus was hired as county administrator for Horry County in 1996. Her employment was at the will of the county's governing body, Horry County Council. County Council terminated Angus's employment effective June...

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