South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

A jury awarded Stacy Capell $350,000 for damages resulting from a car accident that occurred in Greenville County. Capell was traveling north on Highway 914 in her 2009 Toyota at around 5 p.m. on Nov. 10, 2010. Benjamin Villaverde, who ...

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A Marion County jury awarded $2.5 million in damages to a motorist injured in a collision with a Sherwin-Williams van. Kerry Brown was driving approximately 45 mph on US 41 in Marion County when her vehicle was struck from behind ...

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A bank employee who was dismissed from her job after her branch manager falsely accused her of assault has won a $500,000 defamation verdict against the manager and the bank that formerly employed them. The employee, Lydia Cook, had reported ...

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A federal judge  has awarded more than $700,000 in fees to a South Carolina lawyer who has spent the past seven years representing a group of plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit over lost retirement benefits. Stanley G. Jackson of ...

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When buildings age, they often lose a little bit of their value as the accumulated wear and tear makes them less attractive to prospective buyers. But one lumber and millwork company in Charleston argued that the advanced age of its ...

The insurance carrier for a drunk and speeding defendant will have to pay more than $1 million for the defendant’s reckless driving. On Dec. 12, after a three-day trial, a jury ruled that Gregory Bryant was liable for damages Emilio ...

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Frederick L. Richardson was working at a condominium complex when a roofing truss crashed down onto his head, leaving him with a brain injury and spurring a negligence lawsuit that was settled for $3.1 million. Richardson alleged that the defendant ...

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An Isle of Palms man failed to convince a Charleston County jury that a dog attack left him unable to care for his ailing wife before her death. Jurors awarded Jule G. Smith $96,669 in actual damages for the dog ...

Nightmare stories about crazy condo boards abound. But few could trump the tale James E. King told during a defamation trial earlier this month. He accused the Santee Resort Condominium Association of launching a smear campaign against him by spreading ...

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The U.S. government has agreed to pay $6.5 million to a woman and her husband who accused military doctors of damaging their baby’s brain during a botched birth. An attorney for the couple, Kenneth M. Suggs of the national medical ...

Tagged with: Medical Malpractice