South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

COLUMBIA (AP) — South Carolina lawmakers are gearing up to work out differences in the House and Senate versions of the state’s nearly $9 billion budget. The House considered Senate changes to the budget Tuesday. Both chambers likely will not ...

A South Carolina woman whose husband died after a tree fell on him has settled a lawsuit against the property owner for $800,000, according to court documents. Michael Gaines died in February 2016 after a pine tree fell on him ...

COLUMBIA (AP) — Police solved the 1988 stabbing death of an 80-year-old South Carolina woman not just with a cutting-edge DNA test but also with nearly two years of interviews and other old-fashioned police work, authorities said. The DNA test ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Survivors and family members of nine people killed in a racist attack at a South Carolina church are asking a federal appeals court to reinstate their lawsuit. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled ...

CHARLESTON (AP) — An elected prosecutor in South Carolina has created a written plan on how police shootings and other use of force investigations will be handled. The plan by Solicitor Scarlett Wilson requires an independent investigation which must either ...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Much to Gary Erb’s chagrin, a natural gas pipeline now cuts across his 72-acre homestead in Conestoga Township, Pennsylvania. To his even greater chagrin, he remains unpaid for the 6 acres (2.4 hectares) of land ...

COLUMBIA (AP) — A Florida man has been sentenced to a year in prison for his part in a reptile smuggling ring that stretched from South Carolina to Hong Kong. The State reports Matthew Harrison Kail was sentenced April 30 for ...

COLUMBIA (AP) — South Carolina senators have rejected two of Gov. Henry McMaster’s suggested appointees to state offices. The Senate rarely rejects governor appointments, and two in one day is almost unheard of. The full Senate voted 41-2 on April ...

DENMARK (AP) — Supporters of Denmark Technical College are suing South Carolina even as the school’s fate is being debated in the state budget. The lawsuit says the historically black technical college gets less support from the state and surrounding ...

COLUMBIA (AP) — A South Carolina sheriff was indicted Wednesday after authorities said his chief deputy reported he was using county funds and drug seizure money to buy groceries, window tinting and other personal items. Florence County Sheriff Kenney Boone ...