Opinion ID: 1242512
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Failure to Appeal the Final Judgment Itself

Text: The School District next argues that Link's appeal should be dismissed because he advanced arguments which concerned only the intermediate summary judgment order. Link made no arguments concerning his promissory estoppel claim, which was the classic final judgment in the case. Although the School District did not cite it for support, the case of Huyler v. Kohn , 156 S.C. 437, 153 S.E. 460 (1930), appears to buttress its contention. We overrule Huyler . A party may be sanctioned under Rule 11, SCRCP, for making frivolous arguments. The rule enunciated in Huyler and advanced by the School District places parties in a position where they must make an argument appealing an adverse final judgment in order to argue that an earlier intermediate judgment was erroneous. Under Huyler , Link would have had to make arguments supporting a reversal of the promissory estoppel judgment, regardless of how frivolous they may be. We hold that such arguments need not be made in order to contest an intermediate judgment or order under § 14-3-330(1). [6]