Fisher v. Huckabee

In this civil matter, Betty Fisher appeals the circuit court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Bessie Huckabee, Kay Passailaigue Slade, Sandra Byrd, and Peter Kouten (collectively “Respondents”). Fisher argues the court erred in (1) holding she lacked standing to bring a survival action against Respondents on behalf of her deceased aunt as a “real representative”; (2) failing to find Kouten waived the issue of standing; (3) failing to find she had standing based on equitable principles of trust law; (4) failing to find South Carolina public policy supports giving her third-party…