WACHOVIA BANK, N.A. v. COFFEY

No. 27282.

404 S.C. 421 (2013)

746 S.E.2d 35

WACHOVIA BANK, N.A., Petitioner, v. Ann T. COFFEY and Bank of America, N.A., Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided July 10, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah Patrick Spruill , of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA of Greenville, Hamilton Osborne, Jr. and James Y. Becker of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA of Columbia, all for Petitioner.

Gregory Milam Alford and Curtis Lee Coltrane , both of Alford Wilkins and Coltrane, LLC of Hilton Head Island, for Respondents.


Chief Justice TOAL.

We granted certiorari in this case to review a court of appeals' decision finding that Wachovia Bank, N.A. (Petitioner) committed the unauthorized practice of law in closing a home equity loan in 2001, and that Petitioner's unclean hands barred it from any equitable relief. We affirm as modified.

FACTS/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 2001, Michael Coffey (Husband) obtained a home-equity line of credit from Petitioner. Husband signed...

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