A woman who was rendered paraplegic after falling from a scaffold at a Lousiana worksite has settled her claims for nearly $16 million. Plaintiff Meylin Castro reported for work on July 12, 2017, as a temporary constructor laborer on an ...
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Read More »A worker who was bitten on the job by a large dog has agreed to settle her negligence claim for $1.5 million, her attorneys report. Hank Burriss and Wayne Ridgeway of Burris & Ridgeway in Columbia report that in May ...
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On the eve of “certain trial,” two plaintiffs have settled their negligence claims after a utility terrain vehicle (UTV) crash left one teenager dead and the other seriously injured. The plaintiffs, one of whom died in the rollover crash, were ...
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A woman who tripped and fell over an uneven, raised brick paver at a Mount Pleasant restaurant has settled her personal injury claim for $1.7 million. The woman, Margot Sapone, fell on March 12, 2019, as she was leaving the ...
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A tractor-trailer driver who escaped serious injury when his rig overturned after being struck by a loose wheel from another truck has settled his claims for $6 million, his attorneys report. Robert Phillips and Eve Goodstein of McGowan Hood Felder ...
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Read More »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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