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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court Logan Wood and Sarah Wood, Respondents, v. Horry County School District, Petitioner.

Appellate Case No. 2023-001470

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS

Appeal From Horry County The Honorable William H. Seals, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Memorandum Opinion No. 2024-MO-023 Heard September 10, 2024 – Filed October 9, 2024

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Andrew F. Lindemann, of Lindemann Law Firm, P.A., of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Amy Suzanne Lawrence and Justin Michael Lovely, both of The Lovely Law Firm, of Myrtle Beach; Kathleen Chewning Barnes, of Barnes Law Firm, LLC, of Hampton; James Bernice Moore, III and Scott Christopher Evans, both of Evans Moore, LLC, of Georgetown, all for Respondents.

PER CURIAM: We granted certiorari to review the court of appeal's decision in Wood v. Horry County School District, 2023-UP-244 (S.C. Ct. App. filed June 21, 2023. After careful consideration of the Appendix and briefs, the writ of certiorari is DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

KITTREDGE, C.J., FEW, JAMES, HILL and VERDIN, JJ., concur.