South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

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 was stacked too high.   The matter was later settled.   ...

Tagged with: premises liability

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 crash, the estate’s attorneys ...

Tagged with: Motor Vehicle Accident

Nerve damage that left a man unable to work in the wake of surgery to remove a cyst has resulted in a $1.75 million settlement, his attorneys report. Ryan Langley and Charles Hodge of Hodge & Langley Law Firm in ...

Tagged with: Medical Malpractice

A Berkeley County jury has awarded $2.5 million to a woman who suffered back injuries as a result of a car crash, in a case that her attorneys say was strongly contested over the issue of damages because of the ...

Tagged with: motor vehicle crash

The state of South Carolina has reached a $4.15 million post-trial settlement with a family-owned technology company in a condemnation case, the company’s attorneys report. Trenholm Walker and John Linton Jr. of Walker Gressette Freeman Linton in Charleston report that ...

Tagged with: eminent domain

A student left with profound permanent brain injuries after being struck by a car will receive a $1.85 million settlement, including half a million from the county and school district. According to Daniel Draisen of The Injury Law Firm, the ...

Tagged with: Motor Vehicle Accident

A man who was injured in a car crash will receive a $1.4 million settlement from a company that allegedly failed to perform background checks on their employee driver who caused the crash. Sam Clawson and Christy Fargnoli of Clawson ...

Tagged with: motor vehicle crash

The surviving parent of a woman who was killed when a drunk driver who was traveling at over 100 mph crashed into her while she was pulling into her driveway has reached a $7.5 million dram shop settlement with a ...

Tagged with: Dram shop

A family that suffered injuries while escaping from a residential fire has obtained a $4.1 million settlement from the condominium association for the building in which they lived and its management company, the family’s attorneys report.   Monica Wooten Yates ...

Tagged with: Personal Injury

A bicyclist who was injured by a motorist who had allegedly been drinking at her place of employment has negotiated a $1.1 million settlement, his attorneys report. David Lail and Reynolds Blankenship of Yarborough Applegate in Charleston report that their ...