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LIMEHOUSE v. HULSEY

No. 27279.

404 S.C. 93 (2013)

744 S.E.2d 566

Lawton LIMEHOUSE, Sr., Respondent, v. Paul H. HULSEY and The Hulsey Litigation Group, LLC, Petitioners. and Lawton Limehouse, Jr., Respondent, v. Paul H. Hulsey and The Hulsey Litigation Group, LLC, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided June 26, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Camden Lewis , Keith M. Babcock , and Ariail Elizabeth King , all of Lewis Babcock & Griffin, LLP, of Columbia; Robert H. Hood and James Bernard Hood , of Hood Law Firm, LLC, of Charleston, Deborah Harrison Sheffield , of Columbia, John K. Weedon , of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, of Jacksonville, FL, for Petitioners and Appellants.

Frank M. Cisa , of The Law Firm of Cisa & Dodds, LLP, of Mt. Pleasant, for Respondents.

Justice BEATTY.

Lawton Limehouse, Sr. ("Father") and Lawton Limehouse, Jr. ("Son") separately sued Paul Hulsey, an attorney, and Hulsey's law practice (collectively, "Hulsey") for defamation arising out of statements Hulsey made regarding L & L Services, LLC ("L & L"), a staffing agency owned and operated by Father and Son. Hulsey removed the case to federal court based on an underlying RICO action1 involving the

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