Sheely v. Thomas Pinion

Brent C. Sheely and Bonnie J. Penwell (Sheely), appellants/plaintiffs, appeal from two orders of the Circuit Court of Berkeley County: (1) an order precluding them from using expert testimony and (2) an order granting summary judgment to the appel-lees/defendants, Thomas P. Pinion and James F. Butts, Jr. The plaintiffs argue in this appeal that the circuit court committed error by precluding them from calling expert witnesses and granting summary judgment to the defendants.

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

This case involves the purchase of real estate by the plaintiffs from Thomas P. Pinion.…