As assisted living and skilled nursing homes across South Carolina slowly begin to allow people to visit residents, both the attorneys who advise those homes and those who represent residents’ families say that COVID-19 has created unchartered territory that has ...
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The widow of a man who died after police held him down for more than 15 minutes and EMTs gave him a shot of a strong anesthetic has settled a pre-lawsuit claim against the town of Mount Pleasant for ...
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A South Carolina college’s faculty manual created an employment contract with the tenured English professor that it later fired, despite disclaimers on nearly every page saying that the manual wasn’t a contract, a narrowly divided South Carolina Supreme Court ...
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When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the nation in March, the wheels of justice in North and South Carolina courts came to an almost complete halt, and it was up to South Carolina Supreme Court Justice Donald Beatty and North ...
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Statements that a South Carolina detective made to a man who was later convicted of burglary may have been fine for interrogation purposes, but they should have stayed out of the courtroom because they were hearsay, a divided panel ...
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The family of a man who was shot and killed while trying to detain a car thief on his property has settled a lawsuit against the homeowners’ association and property manager of his gated community for $1 million after they ...
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South Carolina’s courts will resume full operations on Sept. 21, according to a memo from South Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Donald Beatty. Court operations will resume normal scheduling and docket management, including in-person hearings in circuit and family courts ...
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The parents of a toddler who was severely injured when he was struck by a car near his home’s mailbox has confidentially settled a lawsuit against the car’s driver for $125,000, the family’s attorney reports. Malcolm Crosland Jr. of Steinberg ...
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The sister of a woman who was killed after she was hit by a truck just outside the gates of Joint Base Charleston has settled with the at-fault driver and the owner of the truck for $5 million, the sister’s ...
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As a smattering of criminal jury trials resume across South Carolina, prosecutors had generally positive things to say about the return to courtroom proceedings, but the group that represents South Carolina criminal defense attorneys insists that the state isn’t ...
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South Carolina Lawyers Weekly
