Defendant could put plaintiff’s medical bills into evidence
Typically, a plaintiff in a personal injury case is introducing his medical bills into evidence, not trying to keep them out. But the South Carolina Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial judge’s ruling...
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Black steel workers settle discrimination claims for $22.5M The owner of a South Carolina steel mill has agreed to pay a $22.5 million settlement to workers who said they were discriminated against...
View ArticleA massive settlement tops our all-inclusive list for 2018
As we do each year, South Carolina Lawyers Weekly is delighted to present the top verdicts and settlements that were reported to us for 2018. Over the years, Lawyers Weekly has handled the top...
View ArticlePublic harm needed to prove unfair trade practices
The owners of a now-closed Greenville automobile repair shop didn’t violate the Unfair Trade Practices Act, but the couple still must pay their opponents’ attorney costs and fees and may yet be...
View ArticleCOA upholds $14M asbestos verdict
A polyester maker must pay the full $14 million awarded by a Spartanburg County jury in 2015 to the family of a man who died from mesothelioma that the family said was caused by his work as a...
View ArticleAttorney’s email started clock for malpractice lawsuit
A legal malpractice suit against two Charleston attorneys has been dismissed because the statute of limitations started ticking from the moment that one of the lawyers clicked ‘send’ on an email that...
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Guarding the children
Family Court Judge Dana Morris presided over the first 2019 Guardian Ad Litem/Court Appointed Special Advocates class swearing-in on Feb. in Richland County. The number of volunteers stepping up to...
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Sometimes law just ain’t enough
In 2014, Chad McGowan, an attorney with McGowan, Hood & Felder in Rock Hill, spent his days representing the state of South Carolina in an intense antitrust case. At night he took care of his...
View Article‘Sudafed logs’ exempt from hearsay rule
Records from an interstate database of pseudoephedrine purchases fall within an exception to the rule against hearsay evidence, the South Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled in a case of first...
View ArticleJudge strikes down annexation challenge
BY PATRICK HOFF A Charleston County judge has struck down an annexation challenge from the city of Charleston and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, ruling that neither party has standing to...
View ArticleConviction tossed over faulty ‘heat of passion’ charge
A Conway woman’s voluntary manslaughter conviction has been overturned because there was no evidence that she shot her husband in a heat of passion, and thus no justification for the trial judge to...
View ArticleJury awards DUI victims $795K, mostly punitives
A man and wife who suffered emotional damages when they were trapped in their overturned vehicle after crashing into a drunk driver have won a $795,000 jury verdict in Orangeburg County Circuit...
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Jury rules for fabric-maker in patent infringement suit
A Spartanburg-based fabric manufacturer has received a defense verdict in a patent infringement lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina after a judge upheld a jury’s...
View ArticleMedical marijuana bill would give employers much to hash out
Some migraine sufferers have turned to medical marijuana as a way to treat headaches, but a medical marijuana bill that’s currently working its way through the South Carolina legislature could...
View ArticleJustices put airport directors back in the dock
BY BILL CRESENZO and DAVID DONOVAN bcresenzo@sclawyersweekly.com A skydiving company that was evicted from Grand Strand Airport will get to take a second leap at suing employees of the Horry County...
View ArticleOpened emails protected by federal privacy law
Previously opened emails are considered to be in “electronic storage” and can, therefore, be the basis for claim under the federal Stored Communications Act, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has...
View ArticleHow rural firms can survive and thrive
When Cody Mitchell took a job out of law school in 2011 working for Lucas, Warr, White & Mitchell, he said he never even considered working for a big city firm. Instead, he said, he chose to work...
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For Lawyer of the Year Brett Bayne, trial advocacy is an art worth preserving
In the eight years that Brett Bayne of McAngus Goudelock & Courie has been practicing law, he has had a critical role in preserving the art of the trial in South Carolina. “The decline in cases...
View ArticleFamily courts get leeway in weighing asset income
Trying to predict how the swings of the financial market will affect an investor’s portfolio is an impossible task, and one that family court judges need not dabble in when deciding whether to award...
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Attorneys push for new voir dire process
A committee of attorneys and court officials has been working for two years to convince lawyers and judges in South Carolina to join 45 other states in using attorney-conducted voir dire in civil...
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