Opinion ID: 901703
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: standard of review

Text: [¶ 12.] On appeal, we will affirm summary judgment when the facts and the law are clear and no genuine issues of material fact exist. Citibank South Dakota, N.A. v. Schmidt, 2008 SD 1, ¶ 8, 744 N.W.2d 829, 832 (citing Bordeaux v. Shannon County Schools, 2005 SD 117, ¶ 11, 707 N.W.2d 123, 126). Summary judgment is proper if the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue of material fact. SDCL 15-6-56(c). [T]he benefit of any doubt about whether there is a material issue of fact goes to the nonmoving party. Trammell v. Prairie States Ins. Co., 473 N.W.2d 460, 462 (S.D. 1991) (citations omitted).