McLendon v. South Carolina Department of Highways & Public Transportation

ORDER

Appellant moved to dismiss this action alleging it was barred by the statute of limitations. The trial judge denied the motion and this appeal follows.

Respondent now moves to dismiss this appeal asserting the order denying the motion to dismiss is not immediately ap-pealable. Appellant argues the order is immediately appeal-able because the running of the statute of limitations deprives the circuit court of subject matter jurisdiction.

“Subject matter jurisdiction is ‘the power to hear and determine cases of the general class to which the proceedings in question belong.’ [citation…