Lightner v. Hampton Hall Club, Inc.

JUSTICE FEW:

I concur with the majority opinion except for subsection III.A. As to that subsection, I concur only with the result reached by the majority because I have one important disagreement regarding the application of our rules of statutory interpretation.

This Court has repeatedly held, “Where the statute’s language is plain and unambiguous, and conveys a clear and definite meaning, the rules of statutory interpretation are not *369needed....” State v. Ramsey, 409 S.C. 206, 209, 762 S.E.2d 15, 17 (2014) (quoting Hodges v. Rainey, 341 S.C. 79, 85, 533 S.E.2d 578, 581 (2000)); see also…