After a weeklong trial, a Charleston County jury deliberated approximately three hours before awarding $1 million to a mother and her adult daughter after they were exposed to high levels of mold in their Mount Pleasant apartment. The attorney for ...
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A 68-year-old motorcyclist seriously injured when he crashed his bike into an oncoming vehicle has settled his claims for $1.2 million. Mark Bringardner of Bringardner Injury Law Firm in Charleston said that the plaintiff, Croner Simmons Jr., was traveling south ...
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After a weeklong trial, an Horry County jury has awarded nearly $21 million to the estate of a Maryland man who drowned in front of his family while vacationing at a Myrtle Beach resort. An attorney for the estate, J. ...
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A woman who suffered a traumatic brain injury after being struck by a truck as she was walking has settled her claims for $10 million, her attorneys report. David Yarborough of Yarborough Applegate in Charleston reports that in October 2018, ...
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The estate of a man killed after falling approximately 60 feet from an elevator he was working on has settled its claims for wrongful death and negligence, among others, for $20 million. Attorneys for Lennox Hinckson said that the 65-year-old ...
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The estate of a woman who died after a thermal pest treatment was applied to her home has settled its wrongful death claim for $4.2 million. Attorneys for the estate of 63-year-old Sharon Brockington said that in August 2018, a ...
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The estates of two men who died when a drunk driver broadsided their car at more than 70 mph has settled its wrongful death claims for $7.36 million, the estates’ attorneys report. Cousins Timothy Jennings and Christopher Jennings were killed ...
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The estate of a man killed in a rear-end collision on Interstate 26 has settled his claims for $4.5 million, his attorney reports. Jeff Gerardi of the Joye Law Firm in Summerville said that the man, a 45-year-old military retiree, ...
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Her attorneys report that a woman who was injured when her wheelchair overturned has settled her case against the medical transport company for $2.5 million. Kenneth Berger and Brad Lanford of the Law Office of Kenneth Berger and Brett Woron ...
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The personal representatives of a woman’s estate did not breach a fiduciary duty when they used their broad discretion to make distributions under a will’s residuary clause, a divided South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled. The June 15 ruling reverses ...
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