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GARRARD v. CHARLESTON SCH. DIST.

Opinion No. 28155.

439 S.C. 596 (2023)

890 S.E.2d 567

Amy GARRARD and Lee Garrard, Guardians Ad Litem FOR R.C.G., a Minor; 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, 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; 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 Petitioners. and of whom Jones Street Publishers, LLC is the Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed May 31, 2023.

Rehearing Denied August 11, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Parker and John Elliott Parker Jr. , both of Parker Law Group, LLP; and William Franklin Barnes III , of Barnes Law Firm, LLC, all of Hampton, for Petitioners.

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

We granted a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in Garrard ex rel. R.C.G. v. Charleston County School District, 429 S.C. 170, 838 S.E.2d 698 (Ct. App. 2019). We affirm in result.

We refer to the court of appeals' opinion for a full recitation of the facts and legal issues. In...

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