South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

A woman who suffered injuries in a car crash involving an overserved driver has been awarded a $1 million settlement.   The plaintiff sustained a fractured ankle and optical nerve damage when she was hit by a drunk driver in Murrells ...

Tagged with: Dram shop

Alan Woodlief, interim dean, and professor of law at Elon University School of Law, has seen the growth of the legal industry in the Carolinas firsthand.  The reason behind the growth? The addition of “big law,” and national firms setting ...

Tagged with: law firms

By Jason Thomas [email protected] Alabama-based Maynard Cooper & Gale and Carolinas-based Nexsen Pruet have agreed to merge into one national law firm operating under the name Maynard Nexsen effective April 1, 2023. As a combined firm, Maynard Nexsen will join ...

Tagged with: Nexsen Pruet

Two couples settled for a total of $1.15 million after sustaining injuries due to a car crash. In November 2019 the couples were traveling home on the interstate after a double date when traffic came to a stop due to an ...

Tagged with: Dram shop

In 2020 two commercial motor vehicles engaged in a near head on collision. They were travelling in different directions in a small county in South Carolina.   Each driver was alone in their vehicle. The plaintiff, who was represented by attorneys ...

Tagged with: motor vehicle crash

By Nick Hurston BTM Wire Services  A plaintiff who said a required physical fitness test was a discriminatory condition of her government employment and that she was injured by a loss of income when she resigned after failing it can ...

Tagged with: 4th Circuit

The estate of a woman who died from heart failure was granted a $912,582.00 settlement, which was the remaining limit on a $1 million insurance policy.  In April 2019 Leslie Orr began going to Slim RX Medical Weight Loss. Two ...

Tagged with: wrongful death

Every successful law firm has someone (or many folks) behind the scenes who turn the gears.  It could be a paralegal, a legal assistant, or even an attorney — no matter their title, what they do is indispensable.   We like ...

Tagged with: Unsung Legal Heroes

The Supreme Court of South Carolina has appointed Lisle Traywick, an attorney at Robinson Gray law firm, to serve on the Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization, according to a news release from the firm. The Commission is the ...

Tagged with: Robinson Gray S.C. Supreme Court

The Charleston School of Law scored historic results in the latest South Carolina Bar exam.  The Office of Bar Admissions of the Supreme Court of South Carolina released its July 2022 bar exam results, and Charleston School of Law recorded ...

Tagged with: Charleston School of Law