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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court Forum Benefits, LLC, Respondent, v. Brian Bannon and Assured Partners, NL, Petitioners.

Appellate Case No. 2025-000436

Appeal from Beaufort County Bentley Price, Circuit Court Judge

Memorandum Opinion No. 2025-MO-045 Heard November 19, 2025 – Filed December 17, 2025

CERTIORARI DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

William B. Harvey, III, of Harvey & Battey, PA, of Beaufort, and Jeffrey Andrew Lehrer, of Ford & Harrison, LLP, of Spartanburg, both for Petitioners.

Katon Edwards Dawson, Jr., of Columbia, Timothy David St. Clair, of Greenville, and Tasneem Amin Dharamsi, of Raleigh, NC, all of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: We granted certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in Forum Benefits, LLC v. Brian Bannon, Op. No. 2024-UP-412 (S.C. Ct. App. filed Dec. 11, 2024). After careful consideration, the writ of certiorari is DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

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