South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

ST. GEORGE (AP) A South Carolina county’s insurer has paid nearly $1 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit over a confrontation involving the former county coroner who pulled a gun on his black neighbor and used a racial epithet ...

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NORTH CHARLESTON (AP) Flight-line employees at Boeing Co.’s South Carolina plant have voted to unionize in a rare victory for organized labor in the South. News outlets report 104 of the 169 workers who cast ballots May 31 voted to have ...

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CHESTER (AP) A Virginia woman has died in a skydiving accident in South Carolina. Chester County Emergency Management Director Eddie Murphy told news outlets the woman died at the county airport around 3:30 p.m. May 31. Coroner Terry Tinker says ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) The South Carolina Supreme Court has refused to change a decision last year that allows big farms to use billions of gallons of water. The court said May 30 it will not change its ruling upholding a 2010 ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) South Carolina lottery officials say state law is the Grinch that won’t allow them to pay $35 million in prizes won by players when a Christmas Day glitch in a game briefly made everyone a winner. The South ...

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MAULDIN (AP) Two workers have been hurt in a store construction collapse in South Carolina. Mauldin Police Sgt. Benjamin Ford told news outlets that the collapse occurred around 4 p.m. May 30. Ford said the employees were taken to a ...

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Recently, in an effort to combat contraband, the South Carolina Department of Corrections supplemented its undermanned workforce by sprinkling the perimeters of some of its prisons with state guardsmen. The volunteers added eyes and ears to an agency desperate to ...

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The former CEO of a medical testing lab and the owners of a marketing firm must pay $114 million in civil damages and penalties after a federal judge in South Carolina said they violated the False Claims Act. According to ...

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The South Carolina Bar named Murphy & Grantland the 2017 Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year for their work providing free legal counsel to those in need. John Grantland was presented with the award on behalf of his staff ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) South Carolina’s governor says dozens of farmers are backing his quest for a first full term in office. Gov. Henry McMaster announced May 29 that an Agribusiness Coalition of farmers has endorsed his bid in this year’s election. ...

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