South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

The estate of a man killed in a multi-car crash in Mount Pleasant has settled its wrongful death claims for $10 million against a driver who admitted to being distracted at the time of the crash, the plaintiffs’ attorney reports.   ...

Tagged with: motor vehicle crash

A man who claims he was unlawfully seized by police based on untruthful statements made by an anonymous tipster has settled his civil rights and other claims for $450,000, his attorney reports.   Daniel Boles of Boles Law Firm in Charleston ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights

A woman who suffered permanent, debilitating brain injuries after a non-fatal drowning has settled her negligence claim for $4.1 million, her attorneys report.   The plaintiff was represented by Amanda Mingo and Katie Clary of Rawls, Scheer, Clary & Mingo in ...

Tagged with: Negligence

Even if a district court erred by increasing a defendant’s offense level based on the possession of a firearm “in connection with” another felony offense, the error is harmless where the court would have reached the same result had it ...

Tagged with: Enhancement

The South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, Disability Rights South Carolina, and Justice 360 has sued the state’s Department of Juvenile Justice and its executive director, alleging “nightmarish” conditions for the more than 250 children detained by the agency.   ...

Tagged with: DJJ

After a two-and-a-half-day trial, an Orangeburg County jury has found the county not liable for damage done to a man’s waterfront property by an alleged faulty drainage system. Mike Montgomery of Montgomery Willard in Columbia represented Orangeburg County and said ...

Tagged with: Negligence

A father and son who were severely burned in a flash fire on their boat have settled their lawsuit for the insurer’s policy limits of $1 million, their attorneys report.   Kenneth Berger of Columbia and Myrtle Beach and C. Nicholas Cronauer ...

Tagged with: Personal Injury

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 her sexual harassment complaints, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of ...

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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, Perry Buckner, and John Dodds IV of ...

Tagged with: motor vehicle crash

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 Miranda warnings, the South Carolina Court of ...

Tagged with: Miranda Warnings