BUICE v. WMA SECURITIES, INC.

Case Nos. 2005-CP-23-04718, 2005-CP-23-04719. 2005-CP-23-04720, No. 4442.

380 S.C. 149 (2008)

668 S.E.2d 430

Anna M. BUICE and Jerry W. Buice, Respondents, v. WMA SECURITIES, INC., Steeley Hubert Humphrey, Jr., Carl David Kennedy and W. Lindsey Howell, Defendants, Of Whom WMA Securities, Inc., Steeley Hubert Humphrey, Jr. and Carl David Kennedy are Appellants. Brenda B. Sprinkle, Respondent, v. WMA Securities, Inc., Steeley Hubert Humphrey, Jr., Carl David Kennedy, and W. Lindsey Howell, Defendants, Of whom WMA Securities, Inc., Steeley Hubert Humphrey, Jr. and Carl David Kennedy are Appellants. Haley Nicole Smith Williams, Respondent, v. WMA Securities, Inc., Steeley Hubert Humphrey, Jr., Carl David Kennedy and W. Lindsey Howell, Defendants, Of Whom WMA Securities, Inc., Steeley Hubert Humphrey, Jr. and Carl David Kennedy are Appellants.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided October 14, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony E. Rebollo, Carmen Vaughn Ganjehsani and Charles E. Carpenter, Jr., all of Columbia, for Appellant Carl David Kennedy, and Ellis M. Johnston, II and Joel M. Bondurant, Jr., of Greenville, for Appellants WMA Securities, Inc. and Steeley Hubert Humphrey, Jr.

Ben C. Harrison, Max Hyde and Jeremy A. Dantin, all of Spartanburg, for Respondents.


HEARN, C.J.:

Steeley Humphrey, and WMA Securities, Inc. (collectively Appellants) appeal the circuit court's denial of their Motion to Dismiss, or in the Alternative, to Stay and Compel Arbitration in an action filed by Respondents Jerry and Anna Buice, Brenda Sprinkle, and Haley Nicole Smith Williams (collectively Investors).1 We affirm as modified.

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