South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

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, ...

Tagged with: Motor Vehicle Negligence

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 ...

Tagged with: wrongful death

The estate of a woman who died after a thermal pest treatment was applied to her home has settled its wrongful death claim for $4.2 million.   Attorneys for the estate of 63-year-old Sharon Brockington said that in August 2018, a ...

Tagged with: wrongful death

The estates of two men who died when a drunk driver broadsided their car at more than 70 mph has settled its wrongful death claims for $7.36 million, the estates’ attorneys report.   Cousins Timothy Jennings and Christopher Jennings were killed ...

Tagged with: Dram shop

A trial court erred when it refused to instruct the jury on the definition of second-degree criminal domestic violence (CDV) and moderate bodily injury as part of its first-degree CDV jury instruction, a panel of the South Carolina Court of ...

Tagged with: jury

Attorney Erik Syverson works hard at his job, but he is the first to admit that the research model for his Internet law and civil litigation practice doesn’t fit the shopworn image one might have for lawyerly investigation.   In fact, ...

Tagged with: Social Media

By Molly Hulsey mhulsey@scbiznews.com  Travelers disappeared from airports in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic changed the world. Leisure travelers began a steady return in 2021 but business travelers remained grounded.  Now travel is back at levels sufficient to drive up ...

Tagged with: air travel

By Jason Thomas jthomas@scbiznews.com  The South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health (IMPH), in partnership with the South Carolina Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services (DAODAS), has released information on the recent opioid settlement and IMPH’s new ...

Tagged with: opiods

The estate of a man killed in a rear-end collision on Interstate 26 has settled his claims for $4.5 million, his attorney reports.   Jeff Gerardi of the Joye Law Firm in Summerville said that the man, a 45-year-old military retiree, ...

Tagged with: motor vehicle crash

Her attorneys report that a woman who was injured when her wheelchair overturned has settled her case against the medical transport company for $2.5 million.   Kenneth Berger and Brad Lanford of the Law Office of Kenneth Berger and Brett Woron ...

Tagged with: Negligence