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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Supreme Court

Russell Corporation, Respondent,

v.

William M. Gregg, II, Petitioner.

Appeal From Richland County
 L. Casey Manning, Circuit Court Judge

Memorandum Opinion No. 2007-MO-074
Heard December 5, 2007 – Filed December 17, 2007  

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Harry A. Swagart, III, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Lawrence W. Johnson, Jr., of Johnson Law Firm, and W. Duvall Spruill, of Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, both of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  We granted a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals’ opinion in Russell Corp. v. Gregg, 2005-UP-556 (S.C. Ct. App filed Oct. 17, 2005).   We dismiss the writ as improvidently granted.

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

TOAL, C.J., MOORE, WALLER, PLEICONES, JJ., and Acting Justice Doyet A. Early, III, concur.