South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

By Teri Saylor  Delight looks good on paralegals and legal support professionals, especially when they wear it to an event, decades in the making.   When the South Carolina and North Carolina chapters of the National Association of Legal Support Professionals ...

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A district court has affirmed that a woman whose husband killed himself more than a year after a devastating car accident will indeed recover a seven-figure judgement against the automaker while another part of the groundbreaking liability suit heads back ...

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A tractor-trailer driver who escaped serious injury when his rig overturned after being struck by a loose wheel from another truck has settled his claims for $6 million, his attorneys report.   Robert Phillips and Eve Goodstein of McGowan Hood Felder ...

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A man critically injured while riding his motorcycle after being struck by an alleged drunk driver was awarded over $28 million.  Plaintiff suffered catastrophic injuries on March 6, 2020, when he was involved in an automobile crash with defendant. According ...

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By Jason Thomas [email protected]  Baker Donelson has launched a new location in Charleston with the addition of four attorneys from two well-respected firms, according to a Baker Donelson news release.   Joining Baker Donelson as shareholders in the Firm’s new Charleston ...

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By Jason Boleman   Gender dysphoria is a covered “disability” within the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in a case of first impression.  The decision in Williams v. Kincaid (VLW 022-2-204) ...

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The families of two road workers who died after being struck by a box truck will collect $10 million each as part of a settlement in the case.   According to Luke Rankin of Rankin & Rankin, which represented one of ...

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By Ross Norton [email protected]  Argo AI is ready to turn loose the horses.  The autonomy products and services company has been testing self-driving cars in urban situations in places like Miami and Austin, Texas, but is drawing closer to its ...

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By Nick Hurston  An employee who routinely received above-average performance reviews and received the highest rating possible in her last two reviews before her termination will have her discrimination case heard by a jury.   The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of ...

A 68-year-old motorcyclist seriously injured when he crashed his bike into an oncoming vehicle has settled his claims for $1.2 million. Mark Bringardner of Bringardner Injury Law Firm in Charleston said that the plaintiff, Croner Simmons Jr., was traveling south ...

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