South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

As the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus continues to dominate international headlines, attorneys say they are increasingly getting calls from employers inquiring about possible legal issues if their employees became infected. It turns out that a virus that originated on ...

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  A man who suffered permanent brain damage in a workplace accident has reached a $550,000 confidential workers’ compensation settlement after using some advanced technology to challenge the evaluation made by the neurologist assigned by the defendant, his attorney reports. ...

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  A simple typo or misinterpretation of a judge’s handwriting could cost the state of South Carolina thousands of dollars when an inmate is held longer than sentenced.  In 2019, the South Carolina Department of Corrections reported that errors in ...

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  A federal judge in Tennessee has awarded the son of a U.S. Army soldier a $15.1 million bench verdict in a medical malpractice suit in which he suffered permanent brain damage during birth that led to cerebral palsy, the ...

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  Last year the City of Columbia passed an ordinance that prevents employers who do business with the city from asking job applicants if they have a criminal history. Richland and York counties passed similar policies covering applicants for county ...

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  Collaborative law is catching on in South Carolina beyond a concept of legal method and into a practice specialty. The South Carolina Academy of Collaborative Professionals is currently drafting legislation that would establish rules and limitations for collaborative law.  ...

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  A Beaufort family will receive $4.41 million as compensation for a restrictive easement that the U.S. government placed on a large tract of land near Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, the family’s attorneys report. Paul Dominick and Alexandra Austin ...

  The family of a man who was killed when the van he was riding in crashed into an empty car-hauler trailer that had been allowed to come to rest in the lane of a highway has received a $1.3 ...

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  For years, frantic families have asked the South Carolina Department of Corrections to relocate incarcerated loved ones who were assigned to cellmates with violent tendencies or committed violent crimes–under longstanding SCDC rules, an inmate without a criminal record but ...

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The fact that an assistant solicitor eventually nolle prossed an assault charge against plaintiff does not mean that plaintiff was falsely arrested or maliciously prosecuted. The Protection of Persons and Property Act does not provide immunity from arrest, only prosecution. ...