South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Doe 2 v. The Citadel (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-069-17, 12 pp.) (H. Bruce Williams, J.) Appealed from Charleston County Circuit Court (R. Markley Dennis Jr., J.) Substituted opinion. S.C. App. Holding: Where the plaintiff-abuse victim had no relationship with The ...

Tagged with: Sexual Abuse

Green v. Bradley Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-140-17, 15 pp.) (J. Michelle Childs, J.) 3:15-cv-02581; D.S.C. Holding: Although plaintiff’s mechanical engineering expert appears qualified to offer opinion testimony as to the cause of the collapse of a remanufactured desk onto ...

Tagged with: Products Liability

United States ex rel. Grant v. United Airlines, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-136-17, 17 pp.) (David Norton, J.) 2:15-cv-00794; D.S.C. Holding: Despite detailed allegations about defendant’s purported failures to properly maintain U.S. Air Force planes, the relator has failed to ...

Tagged with: False Claims Act

McKaughan v. Upstate Lung & Critical Care Specialists, P.C. (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-065-17, 8 pp.) (James Lockemy, C.J.) Appealed from Spartanburg County Circuit Court (J. Mark Hayes II, J.) S.C. App. Holding: Plaintiff’s expert in medical oncology and hematology testified ...

Tagged with: Medical Malpractice

Carn v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-134-17, 6 pp.) (David Norton, J.) 9:16-cv-00892; D.S.C. Holding: Without the deposition testimony of two Walmart employees who are seen on the store’s surveillance video of its produce department shortly before plaintiff ...

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Wickersham v. Ford Motor Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-130-17, 36 pp.) (David Norton, J.) 9:13-cv-01192; D.S.C. Holding: Despite the fact that Donze v. General Motors, LLC, 800 S.E.2d 479 (S.C. 2017), is distinguishable from this case, the court applies the ...

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Sibert v. Raycom Media, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-129-17, 16 pp.) (Cameron McGowan Currie, S.J.) 3:17-cv-01544; D.S.C. Holding: Plaintiff alleges that a superior summoned him to meeting in a location that would have required plaintiff – who suffers from multiple ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice

United States ex rel. Lutz v. Berkeley Heartlab, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-128-17, 9 pp.) (Richard Mark Gergel, J.) 9:14-cv-00230; D.S.C. Holding: Common sense and the weight of analogous authority suggests that evidence that medical claims are tainted by an ...

Tagged with: False Claims Act

Gibson v. Ameris Bank (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-060-17, 9 pp.) (James Lockemy, C.J.) (Aphrodite Konduros, J., concurring in the result only without separate opinion) Appealed from Berkeley County (Robert Watson, Master-in-Equity) Substituted opinion. S.C. App. Holding: Even though an employee ...

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Rogers v. Walgreens Family of Companies (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-103-17, 9 pp.) (Bruce Howe Hendricks, J.) 7:15-cv-04293; D.S.C. Holding: Even if plaintiff’s back surgery arose from her being “startled” and twisting when she thought she saw a large animal out ...

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