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GIGNILLIAT v. GSB.

No. 26735.

385 S.C. 452 (2009)

684 S.E.2d 756

Joanne Levesque GIGNILLIAT, Appellant, v. GIGNILLIAT, SAVITZ & BETTIS, L.L.P., Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided October 12, 2009.

Rehearing Denied November 18, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Moses and Timothy J. Monahan, both of Monahan & Moses, of Greenville, for Appellant.

John Thomas Lay and Jenkins M. Mann, both of Ellis Lawhorne & Sims, of Columbia, and W. Duvall Spruill, of Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Justice BEATTY.

Joanne Levesque Gignilliat (Mrs. Gignilliat) appeals from an order granting summary judgment to Gignilliat, Savitz & Bettis, L.L.P. (GSB) on her claims arising from GSB's continued use of her husband's name in the law firm name after his death. We affirm.

I. FACTS

Julian Gignilliat (Gignilliat) was a founding partner in 1968 of what became the GSB law firm. The firm did not have a written partnership agreement. Gignilliat was...

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