Estate of William Pratt v. Amisub of SC, Inc. - Certiorari Dismissed

South Carolina Supreme Court

Filed March 4th, 2026

Detected March 14th, 2026

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The Supreme Court of South Carolina has dismissed a writ of certiorari in the case of Estate of William Pratt v. Amisub of SC, Inc. The court found the writ was improvidently granted, effectively upholding the lower court's decision without further review on the merits. This action pertains to appellate case number 2025-000563.

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The Supreme Court of South Carolina has dismissed the writ of certiorari in the case Estate of William Pratt v. Amisub of SC, Inc. (Docket Number: 2025-000563). The court explicitly stated that the writ was improvidently granted, meaning the court will not review the merits of the case as previously intended.

This dismissal signifies the final disposition of the appeal at the state's highest court level, upholding the decision of the court of appeals. For legal professionals involved, this means no further appellate review on the substance of the case will occur. There are no new compliance requirements or deadlines imposed by this order, as it pertains to the conclusion of a specific legal proceeding.

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Estate of William Pratt v. Amisub of SC, Inc.

Supreme Court of South Carolina

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Docket Number: 2025-000563
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We dismiss the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted.

Combined Opinion

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Supreme Court

Rita Pratt, Individually and as the Personal
Representative of the Estate of William Pratt, Deceased,
Respondent,

Amisub of SC, Inc. d/b/a Piedmont Medical Center;
Jaleesa Heyward, RN; South Carolina Emergency
Physicians, LLC; Jonas Varaly, DO; Rock Hill
Radiology Associates, LLC; and Geoffrey T. Gilleland,
M.D.; Defendants,

of which Rock Hill Radiology Associates, LLC, and
Geoffrey T. Gilleland, M.D., are the Petitioners.

Appellate Case No. 2025-000563

Appeal from York County
Daniel Dewitt Hall, Circuit Court Judge

Opinion No. 28318
Heard December 16, 2025 – Filed March 4, 2026

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Andrew F. Lindemann, of Columbia, of Lindemann Law
Firm, P.A.; Matthew Holmes Henrikson, of Greenville,
of Henrikson Law Firm, LLC, for Petitioners.

Jordan Christopher Calloway, Chad Alan McGowan,
Ashley White Creech, and Eve Shafer Goodstein, all of
Rock Hill, and Jay Franklin Wright, of Greenville, all of
McGowan Hood Felder & Phillips, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: We granted a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals'
decision in Pratt v. Amisub of SC, Inc., 445 S.C. 199, 912 S.E.2d 268 (Ct. App.
2025). We now dismiss the writ as improvidently granted.
DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

KITTREDGE, C.J., FEW, JAMES, HILL, JJ., and Acting Justice Jane H.
Merrill, concur.