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$6.55M settlement for estate of wife killed by husband’s negligence
The estate of a woman who was killed in a high-speed car crash has agreed to settle its wrongful death suit against the woman’s husband for $6.55 million, its attorneys report. Robert Phillips of...
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Fatal crash into stalled truck prompts $735K settlement
A fatal car crash caused by a tractor trailer that had become stuck at an intersection has resulted in a $735,000 multiparty settlement for the estate of the husband and wife who were injured in the...
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Top Verdicts & Settlements of 2021
Our Top Verdicts & Settlements list for 2021 is the first—and, hopefully, only—list that was fully impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. As that year began, none of us really knew what it had in store...
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Q&A: Tapping the mind of a beverage lawyer
Brook Bristow hopped out of litigation after nearly a decade, exhausted and looking for a new craft. So he poured himself into his passion and an entirely new practice area, and in 2016 founded Bristow...
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Default judgment of $5M for victims of fiery crash
A Charleston County judge has awarded $5 million to the estate of a man who was killed in a fiery crash caused by a drunk driver who was also killed. Jai’von Pelzer was a passenger in a vehicle that...
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USC leaps 12 spots in latest law school rankings
The latest U.S. News & World Report Best Law School rankings, released on March 29, saw the University of South Carolina School of Law significantly distance itself from its 2021 position. USC has...
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4th Circuit makes new law on class objectors
A district court properly approved the settlement of a long-running class action lawsuit brought by life insurance policyholders, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled, rejecting the...
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Wrongful death suit settles for $1.8M
The estate of a man who died when an impaired driver broadsided his vehicle has settled its wrongful death suit for $1.8 million, the estate’s attorney reports. Mark Bringardner represented the estate...
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After failing to pay $95K, insurer agrees to pay $11.7M
A woman who would have been satisfied with $95,000 in insurance money after being injured in a car crash has settled her personal injury claim for more than $11.7 million after the insurer initially...
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Student’s First Amendment claim reinstated on appeal
BY JASON BOLEMAN A former Virginia high school student’s First Amendment claim against a county’s school board has been reinstated after the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the former...
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Injured biker settles suit for $1.25M
The insurance company for a driver who seriously injured a motorcyclist has agreed to pay $1.25 million to settle the plaintiff’s personal injury claim, the plaintiff’s attorney reports. John Mobley of...
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Doctors, hospital pay $950K in post-partum hemorrhage death
The estate of a woman who bled to death after childbirth has settled its medical malpractice suit for $950,000, the estate’s attorney reports. Brink Hinson of Hinson, Hiller & Padget in Columbia...
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Missed pediatric tumor leads to $28.5M settlement, policy changes
A teenager who discovered that he was suffering from brain cancer nearly two and a half years after a radiologist failed to diagnose a tumor there has settled his medical malpractice and negligence...
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Supreme Court expands scope of death penalty reviews
The South Carolina Supreme Court has never struck down a death sentence for being disproportionate, a record that remains intact after the court denied habeas relief to a man who was sentenced to death...
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Richland County sued for inhumane jail conditions
A nonprofit corporation serving those with disabilities filed a federal lawsuit on April 28 against Richland County alleging brutal, inhumane, and unconstitutional conditions at the Alvin S. Glenn...
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Miranda violation leads to conviction reversal
A man who was surrounded at a gas station by police, questioned in an accusatory manner, and kept from using the telephone or the restroom was involved in a custodial interrogation that required...
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COSTCO injuries lead to $1M settlement
Jurors have ruled that a wholesale club was partially responsible for a million dollars in damages suffered by a Greenville County woman hurt by another customer’s cart because the shopping conveyance...
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S.C. Supreme Court: DUI suspects must be shown on video when receiving...
The South Carolina Supreme Court upheld lower court rulings requiring video recordings to visually depict a defendant under DUI charges being advised of his Miranda rights but refused to overturn a...
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Trucking crash leads to $23M global settlement
A motor vehicle crash that took the life of one high school student and injured two others has resulted in a settlement of more than $23 million, the plaintiffs’ attorneys report. Douglas Jennings,...
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Former public defender can sue federal judiciary
While sovereign immunity will limit her claims, a former federal public defender in North Carolina can pursue claims against the judiciary for failing to take immediate and effective action regarding...
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