On March 25, 2021, the plaintiff, truck driver Bryan Curtis Roberson, was picking up a load in Georgetown, S.C., for Mercer Transportation Co., when he suffered substantial injuries after being struck by a load that fell off a truck. Roberson ...
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On May 12, 2022, the plaintiff, who was a flight paramedic in the Army National Guard was T-boned by a drunk driver who ran a red-light. According to plaintiff counsel Christina Brown, the plaintiff’s injuries included a subarachnoid brain bleed ...
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In early January, attorneys went to trial in Columbia District Court on a case with Section 1983 Claims for excessive force and unlawful seizure against Officer Cameron James Duecker and claims under the South Carolina Tort Claims Act for gross negligence, ...
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Five brothers were driving home one evening when their vehicle was struck head-on by a driver who was leaving a bar after drinking. The collision resulted in the death of one of the brothers, and injuries of varying severity to the ...
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A worker who was struck in the eye while at work reached a $650,000 settlement. The plaintiff was working at a major manufacturing plant in the lower part of South Carolina when he was struck in the eye by ...
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The estate of a motorist who died in a car accident after drinking at a bar was awarded $1 million based on violations of industry standards. After failing to be properly monitored at a bar that allowed customers 18 and ...
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On Nov. 18 the estate of a man who died at a motorsports event received a $2 million settlement for event negligence. According to one of the plaintiff’s attorneys, Samuel R. Clawson Jr., the deceased was at a racetrack ...
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In 2021, employment law attorney Taylor Dewberry was named Smith Anderson’s first chief diversity officer. Her practice focuses on employment-related counseling and defending employers against claims involving discrimination, wrongful discharge, retaliation, harassment, and civil rights claims. After graduating with honors ...
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Doug Kim is an intellectual patent attorney with Kim Lahey & Killough Law Firm based in Greenville, and also chairs the Innovation and Intellectual Property Committee for the South Carolina Bar Association. In the below Q&A Kim talks about the ...
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In 2016, in Anderson County, S.C., an eyewitness to murder and attempted murder was preparing to take the stand for The State of South Carolina vs. Robert Frost. According to attorney Chelsey Hucker, the witness was incredibly anxious and unsure ...
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