GARRARD v. CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL

Opinion No. 5691.

429 S.C. 170 (2019)

838 S.E.2d 698

Amy GARRARD and Lee Garrard, Guardians Ad Litem for R.C.G., A Minor; and Dean Frailey and Kathryn Frailey, Guardians Ad Litem for C.F., A Minor, Richard Nelson and Cheryl Nelson, Guardians Ad Litem for D.G.N., A Minor; Adam Olsen Ackerman; and A.E.P., III, Plaintiffs, v. CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, Kevin Clayton, Axxis Consulting Company, and Jones Street Publishers, LLC, Defendants, and Eugene H. Walpole, Plaintiff, v. Charleston County School District, Kevin Clayton, Axxis Consulting Company, and Jones Street Publishers, LLC, Defendants, Of Whom Eugene H. Walpole, Amy Garrard and Lee Garrard, Guardians Ad Litem for R.C.G., A Minor; and Dean Frailey and Kathryn Frailey, Guardians Ad Litem for C.F., A Minor, Richard Nelson and Cheryl Nelson, Guardians Ad Litem for D.G.N., A Minor; Adam Olsen Ackerman; and A.E.P., III, are the Appellants, and Of Which Jones Street Publishers, LLC, is the Respondent.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Filed November 6, 2019.

Rehearing Denied March 18, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Parker and William F. Barnes, III , of Peters, Murduagh, Parker, Eltzroth, & Detrick, P.A., of Hampton, for Appellants.

Wallace K. Lightsey and Meliah Bowers Jefferson , of Wyche, PA, of Greenville, for Respondent.


In this defamation action, Appellants—six members of the 2014-2015 Academic Magnet High School (AMHS) football team and their head coach, Eugene Walpole (Coach Walpole) —appeal the circuit court's order granting summary judgment to Respondent Jones Street Publishers. Appellants contend the circuit court erred in (1) finding...

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