Coach’s wrongful termination suit reopened
A wrongful termination lawsuit brought by the former coach of the College of Charleston baseball team has been reopened after new forensic evidence was discovered which appears to contradict the...
View ArticleDrug testing labs liable for negligent methods, inaccurate results
An improperly performed drug screening, or one whose results are inaccurate, can have devastating effects on a person’s life, potentially leaving them unemployed and with few prospects while the...
View ArticleLandlord’s security promises opened door to lawsuit
A jury should decide whether an apartment complex was negligent after the robbery and kidnapping of a woman who claimed the property’s management deceived her into believing that security officers were...
View ArticleA certifiable trend: Why class actions are on the rise locally and nationally
The number of class action lawsuits is increasing both nationally and in the Carolinas, according to recent research and law firms in both states. Jim Werner, of Parker Poe in Columbia, said his firm...
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Family reaches $507K settlement over jail suicide
The family of a man who hanged himself while being held overnight in jail has reached a $507,500 settlement with the officials whom they allege failed to prevent the death from happening, the...
View ArticleSplit decision in malicious prosecution suit
A woman who was falsely accused of selling stolen scrap metal will be able to pursue a malicious prosecution lawsuit against the victim of the crime, but not against a witness who merely cooperated...
View ArticleIs key-person risk lurking at your firm?
When the CEO of QuadrigaCX, a Canadian cryptocurrency exchange company, died unexpectedly in December, hundreds of millions of dollars of its customers’ money may have perished with him. The CEO,...
View ArticleJustices blast workers’ comp commission for delays
After years of litigation over whether a woman is entitled to an extension of workers’ compensation benefits, the South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s Workers’ Compensation...
View ArticleSupreme Court to settle fight over common law marriage
A Charleston County woman will be able to immediately appeal a trial judge’s ruling from the first phase of a bifurcated trial finding that the woman and her romantic partner had been united in a...
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Charlotte attorney to vie for crown of Miss USA
Cheslie Kryst of Poyner Spruill in Charlotte is crowned Miss North Carolina USA in High Point on Oct. 20. (Photo by Sage Media Group Photography.) Cheslie Kryst, an attorney with Poyner Spruill, is...
View ArticleDe facto life sentences for juveniles permitted
A 130-year prison sentence handed down in the 1990s to a teenager convicted of two sexual assaults is outside the scope of a pair of U.S. Supreme Court decisions that preclude life sentences for...
View ArticleEmerging hemp industry a fertile ground for lawyers
South Carolina’s burgeoning hemp industry has created a growing area of law practice that didn’t even exist until a couple of years ago, and the field is poised to expand now that the state has enacted...
View ArticleSC large firms hold close to steady in 2019
2019 saw an ever-so-slight decline in the number of attorneys working at the state’s largest law firms, according to the 2019 South Carolina Largest Law Firms survey, with the firms at the very top...
View Article2019 Largest Law Firms
Nelson Mullins (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough) 1320 Main Street, 17th Floor Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 799-2000 http://www.nelsonmullins.com 204 attorneys Partners: 139 Associates: 41 Of...
View ArticleBill to increase Tort Claims Act cap advances
A bill that would raise the maximum amount that a plaintiff or plaintiffs can recover when suing the state or local governments over deaths or personal injuries has passed the South Carolina Senate...
View ArticleFemale trucker’s discrimination claim settled for $33K
A Bluffton waste disposal company has paid $32,500 to settle claims that it violated federal law by failing to interview or hire a qualified employee because of her gender. Christina Rivers filed the...
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Charleston jury awards $3.75M for half acre
A Charleston County Circuit Court jury has awarded a realty company $3.75 million in compensation for a 0.55-acre plot of land taken by the South Carolina Department of Commerce to build a railway to...
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Christmastime hospital death leads to $775K settlement
The family of a man who died of internal bleeding in the early morning hours after Christmas at the Medical University of South Carolina has settled a wrongful death claim in Charleston County...
View ArticleUSC bar exam pass rate up by 30 percent
Almost 65 percent of candidates who took the South Carolina bar exam in February passed, with the University of South Carolina School of Law rebounding from its less-than-stellar 2018 pass rate and...
View ArticleFraud suit against insurers heads back to court
A group of insurance policy purchasers and rival insurance agents who are suing a gaggle of big insurance companies for allegedly failing to train and supervise an insurance broker who committed...
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