Court of Appeals of South Carolina, 2016

Gainey v. Gainey

Gainey v. Gainey
Court of Appeals of South Carolina · Decided June 29, 2016

Gainey v. Gainey

Opinion

THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals Kenneth R. Gainey, Appellant, v. Timothy M. Gainey, Respondent.

Appellate Case No. 2015-000904

Appeal From Lancaster County Benjamin H. Culbertson, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2016-UP-334 Submitted April 1, 2016 – Filed June 29, 2016

AFFIRMED

Philip E. Wright, of Lancaster, for Appellant.

Lucy L. McDow, of Rock Hill, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: RFT Mgmt. Co. v. Tinsley & Adams L.L.P., 399 S.C. 322, 331-32, 732 S.E.2d 166, 171 (2012) ("When reviewing the trial court's ruling on a motion for a directed verdict or a JNOV, this [c]ourt must apply the same standard as the trial court by viewing the evidence and all reasonable inferences in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party."); id. at 332, 732 S.E.2d at 171 ("The trial court must deny a motion for a directed verdict or JNOV if the evidence yields more than one reasonable inference or its inference is in doubt."); id. ("Moreover, '[a] motion for JNOV may be granted only if no reasonable jury could have reached the challenged verdict.'" (alteration in original) (quoting Gastineau v. Murphy, 331 S.C. 565, 568, 503 S.E.2d 712, 713 (1998))); id. ("An appellate court will reverse the trial court's ruling only if no evidence supports the ruling below."); id. ("In deciding such motions, neither the trial court nor the appellate court has the authority to decide credibility issues or to resolve conflicts in the testimony or the evidence.").

AFFIRMED.1 LOCKEMY, C.J., and WILLIAMS and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.

We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.

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