BOWEN v. ADIDAS AMERICA INC.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: William Walter Wilkins , NEXSEN PRUET, LLC, Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellant. William H. Taft, V , DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON LLP, New York, New York, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: W. Mullins McLeod, Jr. , Colin V. Ram , MCLEOD LAW GROUP LLC, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellant. Matthew T. Richardson , Mary Lucille Dinkins , WYCHE, Columbia, South Carolina; Andrew M. Levine , Nathan S. Richards , Matthew D. Forbes , DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON LLP, New York, New York, for Appellee adidas America, Inc. Cory E. Manning , Columbia, South Carolina, Robert L. Lindholm , Charlotte, North Carolina, Wesley T. Moran , NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH, LLP, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, for Appellee Christopher Rivers. Terry A. Finger , FINGER, MELNICK, BROOKS & LABRUCE, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, for Appellee Christian Dawkins. Deborah B. Barbier , DEBORAH B. BARBIER, LLP, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee James Gatto. Richard J. Zack , Thomas H. Cordova , TROUTMAN PEPPER HAMILTON SANDERS LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Wilbur E. Johnson , CLEMENT RIVERS, LLP, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellee Munish Sood.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Rushing wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge Heytens joined. Judge King wrote a dissenting opinion.