The South Carolina Supreme Court has never struck down a death sentence for being disproportionate, a record that remains intact after the court denied habeas relief to a man who was sentenced to death for robbing and killing a store ...
Tagged with: Death Penalty
Read More »
A teenager who discovered that he was suffering from brain cancer nearly two and a half years after a radiologist failed to diagnose a tumor there has settled his medical malpractice and negligence case for $28.5 million, his attorneys report. ...
Tagged with: Medical Malpractice
Read More »
The estate of a woman who bled to death after childbirth has settled its medical malpractice suit for $950,000, the estate’s attorney reports. Brink Hinson of Hinson, Hiller & Padget in Columbia reports that the 35-year-old woman died despite experiencing ...
Tagged with: Medical Malpractice
Read More »
The insurance company for a driver who seriously injured a motorcyclist has agreed to pay $1.25 million to settle the plaintiff’s personal injury claim, the plaintiff’s attorney reports. John Mobley of Columbia said that his client, Charles Lawhorn, was driving ...
Tagged with: motor vehicle crash
Read More »
BY JASON BOLEMAN A former Virginia high school student’s First Amendment claim against a county’s school board has been reinstated after the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the former student’s complaint “plausibly alleges a First Amendment claim.” The ...
Tagged with: First Amendment
Read More »
A woman who would have been satisfied with $95,000 in insurance money after being injured in a car crash has settled her personal injury claim for more than $11.7 million after the insurer initially refused to tender its liability limits, ...
Tagged with: motor vehicle crash
Read More »
The estate of a man who died when an impaired driver broadsided his vehicle has settled its wrongful death suit for $1.8 million, the estate’s attorney reports. Mark Bringardner represented the estate of 49-year-old David Watson, who was driving his ...
Tagged with: motor vehicle crash
Read More »
A district court properly approved the settlement of a long-running class action lawsuit brought by life insurance policyholders, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled, rejecting the objection by a single policyholder and laying down for the first ...
Tagged with: Class Action
Read More »
The latest U.S. News & World Report Best Law School rankings, released on March 29, saw the University of South Carolina School of Law significantly distance itself from its 2021 position. USC has moved into a tie for No. 84, ...
Tagged with: USC School of Law
Read More »
A Charleston County judge has awarded $5 million to the estate of a man who was killed in a fiery crash caused by a drunk driver who was also killed. Jai’von Pelzer was a passenger in a vehicle that was ...
Tagged with: motor vehicle crash
Read More »
South Carolina Lawyers Weekly
