ANDERSON COUNTY v. PRESTON

Opinion No. 27912.

427 S.C. 529 (2019)

831 S.E.2d 911

ANDERSON COUNTY, Petitioner-Respondent, v. Joey PRESTON and the South Carolina Retirement System, Defendants, Of whom Joey Preston is the Respondent-Petitioner and the South Carolina Retirement System is the Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed August 7, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Theodore Gentry and Wade S. Kolb, III , both of Greenville, and Alice W. Parham Casey , of Columbia, all of Wyche Law Firm, for Petitioner-Respondent.

Candy M. Kern-Fuller , of Upstate Law Group, LLC, of Easley, and Lane W. Davis , of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, of Greenville, both for Respondent-Petitioner.

Justin R. Werner , of Columbia, for Respondent.

KITTREDGE, HEARN and JAMES, JJ., and Acting Justice Stephanie McDonald, concur.


In November 2008, the Anderson County Council (2008 Council) approved a $1.1 million Severance Agreement for county administrator Joey Preston (Preston). In January 2009, a new county council (2009 Council) was sworn in, and filed the present action in November 2009 seeking to invalidate...

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