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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court

Roger R. Riemann, Petitioner,

v.

Palmetto Gems & Gemological Services, Inc. and Thomas Shofner, in his individual capacity, Respondents.

Appellate Case No. 2015-001100

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS

Appeal From Lexington County R. Knox McMahon, Circuit Court Judge

Memorandum Opinion No. 2016-MO-003 Heard February 10, 2016 – Filed February 24, 2016

CERTIORARI DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Eugene Hamilton Matthews, Sheila Marlouvon Bias and Carmen Vaughn Ganjehsani, all of Richardson Plowden & Robinson, P.A., of Columbia, for Petitioner. Angus H. Macaulay and James Andrew Byars, both of Nexsen Pruet, L.L.C., of Columbia, for Respondents.

PER CURIAM: We granted Roger R. Riemann's petition for a writ of certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Appeals in Riemann v. Palmetto Gems & Gemological Servs., Op. No. 2015-UP-107 (S.C. Ct. App. filed Mar. 4, 2015). We now dismiss the writ as improvidently granted.

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

PLEICONES, C.J., BEATTY, KITTREDGE, HEARN, JJ., and Acting Justice Alison Renee Lee, concur.