· 8/9/2010
Mathis v. Brown & Brown of South Carolina, Inc.
Citations
- 698 S.E.2d 773
- 389 S.C. 299
- 2010 S.C. LEXIS 287
How courts have described this case
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- holding that for a contract to be valid and enforceable, there must be a meeting of the minds as to all essential and material terms of the agreement
- holding that for a contract to be valid and enforceable, there must be a meeting of the minds as to all essential and material terms of the agreement
- holding, in order for an issue to be properly preserved for review, it must have been both raised to and ruled upon by the trial court
- providing that in an action at law tried without a jury, this court's standard of review \is limited to determining whether the [trial court's] findings are supported by competent evidence and correcting errors of law\
- finding if the language of a contract creates an ambiguity, a court will construe any doubt and ambiguity against the drafter
- “In South Carolina, employment at-will is presumed absent the creation of a specific contract of employment.”
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Judges: Pleicones, Toal, Beatty, Kittredge, Hearn
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