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Flagstar Corporation v. Royal Surplus Lines6/12/2000
on matters of pretrial discovery and to engage in "piecemeal litigation." Breland v. Love Chevrolet, supra.
In short, trial of all issues in the case in a single proceeding is not a mode of trial to which the parties are entitled as a matter of right. Any abuse of discretion on the part of the trial court in severing issues for trial may be appealed after the trial, and after full development of the evidence. We therefore hold that an order granting separate trials of issues in a contract case is not immediately appealable, either permissibly or mandatorily, pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. ยง 14-3-330(2) (1976). This ruling also disposes of the second issue of whether the portion of the order bifurcating discovery is immediately appealable. See also Patterson v. Spector Broadcasting Corp., 287 S.C. 249, 335 S.E.2d 803 (1985) (discovery orders are not directly appealable).
CONCLUSION
Based on the foregoing discussion, the opinion of the Court of Appeals is
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
TOAL, C.J., MOORE, WALLER; JJ., and Acting Justice Ernest A. Finney, Jr., concur.
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