South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Johnny Odom knew he had a long ride in front of him. He was being transported in a privately owned van from a corrections facility in Greenville to one in Colorado. The bus was driving through the night, taking a detour through Florida to pick up other prisoners, during which Odom was handcuffed but not buckled into his seat. Around 4 a.m., a drunk driver collided head-on with the van, causing it to flip over several times.

Tagged with: Greenville

A Lowcountry lawyer has negotiated a $9.9 million settlement for a client who was injured on an amusement ride last summer. David B. Yarborough Jr. of the Yarborough Applegate firm in Mount Pleasant, pictured, said he reached the settlement agreement during a mediation session Aug. 24.

Tagged with: Personal Injury

An Aiken County jury has awarded $2.9 million to the estate of a woman who was killed when a road grader caused a motorcycle driven by her husband, on which she was a passenger, to wreck.

Tagged with: verdict Verdicts & Settlements

A Greenville attorney has convinced an insurance company to pay $1 million to a client who was injured in a big-rig crash, and he didn’t even have to file a lawsuit. Ryan S. Montgomery, a solo practitioner, relied on what is known as a “Tyger River” demand to secure the Aug. 31 settlement. Under the doctrine, an insurer has a duty to the insured to settle a personal injury claim when it is reasonable and covered by the policy in play.

Tagged with: Tyger River

When a demolition worker was badly injured in a fall at a burned-out Moncks Corner rubber plant, the three companies that had a hand in the job began passing his compensation claim around like a hot potato.

Tagged with: Workers' Compensation

Forensic evidence, source code, plenty of techie expert testimony, and a jury verdict. Must be the Apple v. Samsung trial, right? Not quite – this one played out on a smaller scale in federal court in Charlotte over the summer, but the premise was the same.

Tagged with: Charlotte

A company that owns a popular Charleston restaurant has agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that one of its employees caused a drunken driving crash that killed a 32-year-old man last year. The family of Quentin G. Miller sued The Neighborhood Dining Group for wrongful death after an assistant manager at its Husk Restaurant crashed his vehicle into the back of a car that Miller was driving on the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge at 4 a.m. on Dec. 17, 2011. Miller’s car caught fire and he died on the bridge.

Tagged with: Drunken Driving settlement

Following an emotionally charged and hard-fought trial in Georgetown County Circuit Court, a jury found earlier this month that a Murrells Inlet doctor was not to blame for the death of a young woman.

Tagged with: Georgetown County Medical Malpractice

Costco has agreed to pay $175,000 to settle a lawsuit accusing the whole-sale giant of having an innocent man arrested in Charleston County. The corporation had Ahmed Abulkhair locked up for passing a bad check, even though the check belonged to his employer, said Abulkhair’s attorney, Mount Pleasant solo Brooks R. Fudenberg.

Tagged with: Charleston County

Breakfast out with the grandparents didn’t go quite as hoped when 3-year old Mason Conley and his 4-year-old cousin visited Sea Captain’s Restaurant in Myrtle Beach in May 2011. Their waitress left a pot of coffee near the two children, who then knocked it over, spilling coffee on Mason’s lap and giving him second- and third-degree burns.

Tagged with: Myrtle Beach