South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Land conservation hitting record numbers in S.C.

Lawyers serve the public good outside courtroom

Address to Bar members also focuses on short funding, long backlogs

Before a lawyer meets a client, he or she has been well-schooled in putting ethical principles into practice. Making sure that nursing homes adhere to a similar code is something that personal injury attorneys across the Carolinas may soon find ...

Two Charleston-area doctors a periodontist and an anesthesiologist will not face trial on a patient’s claim that they committed medical battery on her after she allegedly withdrew consent during an invasive gum surgery, the Supreme Court ruled Jan. 14. In ...

A Lowcountry railroad worker could go forward with a negligence suit against his employer after he was injured while manually tightening hundreds of track bolts, the Supreme Court ruled Jan. 7. The plaintiff filed a Federal Employers’ Liability Act claim ...

A Mexican man who injured his eye while working for a Lowcountry demolition company could recover comp benefits, even though he was in the country illegally, the Supreme Court has ruled. In an apparent first-impression decision, the justices said that ...

I’m flooded with questions about case management and practice management software for the solo and small-firm attorney. Everyone wants to know which product is best for their office. Some have heard of horror stories about “product x.” Some have heard ...

No evidence leaving S.C. would pose threat to kids

An employee at a plant forced to close after the deadly 2005 Graniteville train wreck could not recover from the railroad for his lost job even though the resulting gas leak damaged the factory, the Fourth Circuit has ruled in ...