South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

A landowner has reached a $3.25 million settlement with a public utility over the utility’s condemnation of a 1.33-acre strip of land in Charleston, the landowner’s attorneys report.  Richard Bybee and Jeff Tibbals of Bybee & Tibbals in Mt. Pleasant report ...

Tagged with: eminent domain

An insurer will pay a policy limits settlement of $400,000 to settle claims arising out of a fatal car crash that left a toddler with multiple skull fractures.  Derek Harper of Schiller & Hamilton Law Firm in Lancaster represented the ...

Tagged with: motor vehicle crash

A Richland County jury has awarded more than $13.1 million to a man who was badly injured in a fatal car accident caused by a defective highway repaving project.  Five students at Claflin University were traveling along Interstate 77 in ...

Tagged with: Roadway Defect

The mother of a mentally ill man who died in the Charleston County jail has reached a $10 million settlement with the county, the county sheriff’s office, and the city of North Charleston, her attorneys report.  “From everything we’ve researched, ...

Tagged with: Prison

A motorcyclist will receive a $750,000 settlement after she was hit by a truck while she was idling because the traffic ahead of her had halted to let ducks cross the road, her attorney reports.  Mark Bringardner of Bringardner Injury ...

Tagged with: duck crossing motor vehicle crash

A man who was injured by a falling elevator in his newly purchased home will net more than $4.4 million from a Georgetown County jury’s verdict in a dispute over what the seller was obliged to disclose.  Chris Romeo and Michael Grabara of ...

Tagged with: Failure to Disclose

An April 2019 highway accident that injured a family of four has resulted in a $2.35 million settlement from two different insurers, the family’s attorney reports.  William Crantford and Jerry Meehan of Crantford Meehan in Charleston report that their New York-bound clients were leaving Summersville ...

Tagged with: motor vehicle crash

Lawyers in the know weigh in on pros and cons for clients

Every law firm has been there. An extended vacation, an unexpected sick leave, a sudden deluge of work from a particular client. Whatever the cause, there’s now a hole to fill … and you need help, fast. Often that help ...