Claims of fraud, ‘sham’ suit, aren’t an attack on court’s ruling
There’s no getting out of a long-running battle between a South Carolina attorney and the businessmen he likened to TV mobster Tony Soprano. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated a...
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$1.3M settlement after man killed by trailer left in highway lane
The family of a man who was killed when the van he was riding in crashed into an empty car-hauler trailer that had been allowed to come to rest in the lane of a highway has received a $1.3 million...
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Feds to pay family $4.41M for easement for base
A Beaufort family will receive $4.41 million as compensation for a restrictive easement that the U.S. government placed on a large tract of land near Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, the family’s...
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Owners of defective condos settle lawsuit for $11.6M
Residents of a 52-unit condominium building in Berkeley County that has been riddled with construction defects for more than a decade have confidentially settled a lawsuit against its developer and...
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Dram shop suit nets $1.15M for woman whose skull was cracked
A woman who fractured her skull when she was hit by a drunk driver while she was out walking her dog has confidentially settled a lawsuit against the Greenville bar that served him alcohol for $1.15...
View ArticleThe Top Verdicts & Settlements of 2019
Each year, South Carolina Lawyers Weekly presents our list of the top verdicts and settlements of the previous year. It’s a chance to contextualize the reports we’ve published in the last 12 months and...
View ArticleProposed legislation would create rules for collaborative law
Collaborative law is catching on in South Carolina beyond a concept of legal method and into a practice specialty. The South Carolina Academy of Collaborative Professionals is currently drafting...
View ArticleWhy ‘ban the box’ rules are becoming more popular
Last year the City of Columbia passed an ordinance that prevents employers who do business with the city from asking job applicants if they have a criminal history. Richland and York counties passed...
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Tenn. judge awards $15.1M med-mal verdict to Army family
A federal judge in Tennessee has awarded the son of a U.S. Army soldier a $15.1 million bench verdict in a medical malpractice suit in which he suffered permanent brain damage during birth that led...
View ArticleState seeks to end coding errors that keep people locked up
A simple typo or misinterpretation of a judge’s handwriting could cost the state of South Carolina thousands of dollars when an inmate is held longer than sentenced. In 2019, the South Carolina...
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New imaging technology crucial to $550K workers’ comp settlement
A man who suffered permanent brain damage in a workplace accident has reached a $550,000 confidential workers’ compensation settlement after using some advanced technology to challenge the evaluation...
View ArticleCoronavirus has lawyers springing to action, too
As the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus continues to dominate international headlines, attorneys say they are increasingly getting calls from employers inquiring about possible legal issues if their...
View ArticleAttorneys’ fees unavailable in equitable indemnification suit
A construction company whose shoddily-made storefront curb caused a shopper to seriously injure herself will have to pay for the legal bills the store and a developer incurred defending themselves...
View ArticleHow unconscious bias can be a barrier to justice
As someone who is young, black and female, Ashleigh Parker Dunston, a district court judge in Raleigh, North Carolina, sees every day the biases that people harbor but think are hidden. When she was an...
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Woman whose baby died in prison settles suit for $1.15M
A woman whose baby died after she gave birth in prison has settled a lawsuit against the South Carolina Department of Corrections and its health care providers for $1.15 million, her attorneys...
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Deadly failure to report broken ribs prompts $1M med-mal verdict
A York County jury has ordered a Rock Hill radiology practice and one of its doctors to pay $1 million to a woman whose husband died after the doctor failed to inform emergency room physicians that the...
View ArticleSplit court weighs race as factor in police stop
If an armed police officer approaches you in a train station and asks to speak with you, in theory you have the right to decline and walk away. But how “voluntary” is that conversation, really—would...
View ArticleJury awards $1.8M in reckless driving case
A Charleston County jury has awarded $1.8 million to a woman who was injured after she was hit by a driver who ran a red light. Rutledge DuRant and Trip Riesen of Riesen DuRant in Charleston said that...
View ArticleGirlfriend can’t collect workers’ comp death benefits
A woman whose on-again, off-again boyfriend died in an accident won’t be able to collect death benefits under the state’s Workers’ Compensation Act because she wasn’t reliant on him financially, the...
View ArticleCOVID-19 already blowing dust off ‘force majeure’ clauses
BY DAVID DONOVAN and KRIS OLSON The decision to cancel this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament in response to the COVID-19 pandemic was heart-wrenching for more than just die-hard college...
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