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Supreme Court rejects novel fix-up in car wreck case
A logging company in Allendale County won’t be able to settle a multi-million dollar lawsuit pending against it by filing a malpractice claim against its attorneys and assigning the proceeds to the man injured in a wreck involving one of the company’s rigs, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled July 15. George Skipper claims that […]
Tort/Negligence — Workers’ Compensation – Empty Chair Defense – Certified Questions – Chemical Exposure
Machin v. Carus Corp. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-080-15, 9 pp.) (Joseph Anderson Jr., J.) 3:12-cv-02675; D.S.C. Holding: Where plaintiff was injured at work by exposure to a third party’s chemicals, South Carolina law is unclear as to whether the third party should be able to argue the empty chair defense (as to plaintiff’s employer) and […]
Real Property – Title Insurance – Damages – Valuation Date – Ambiguity – Certified Question
Whitlock v. Stewart Title Guaranty Co. Pursuant to a question certified to this court by the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, we hold that where, as here, a title insurance contract does not clearly identify a date for measuring the diminution in value of the insured property or otherwise unambiguously provide for the method of valuation as a result of a title defec[...]
No procedural due process for administrators under Teacher Act
Overruling 15-year-old precedent, the state Supreme Court has held that school administrators do not have the right to a hearing to contest reductions in pay or reassignments under the Teacher Employment and Dismissal Act. The justices made the ruling in an answer to a certified question from the U.S. District Court in a lawsuit brought by a former Fairfield County deputy superintendent for human [...]
Business Law
- Economy forces attorneys to get down to business
- Business Court judges trawl for customers
- Va. company's Web site did not subject business to personal jurisdiction in S.C., appeals panel rules
- Former running back from S.C. wins courtroom victory in contract dispute
- Contract – Government Contract – Qui Tam – False Claims Act
- Licenses & Permits – Beer & Wine Permit – Restrictive Covenant – Suitable Location
- Consumer Protection – FCRA – Auto Loan – Bank Accounting Errors
- Licenses & Permits – Veterinarian – Vaccine Maintenance
- Tort – Business Tort – Va. Computer Crimes Act – Trade Secrets
- Textile firm, railroad settle Graniteville train wreck lawsuit
- State regulators look at car dealer accused of lying to customers
- Subprime mortgage meltdown hits securities law
Commentary
- Virginia Tech student got due process in hearing
- High court justices cross the line of propriety
- High court’s term was rough on big business
- The flip side of generative AI in law and how to address it
- The fight for equal educational opportunity continues
- Letter From The Editor – Working from Home
- NLRB joins FTC in taking aim at non-competes
- Supreme Court leaves key internet protection untouched
- US Supreme Court bites back at parody’s use of the First Amendment
- My goal: Provide the information that you need now
- Case study: North Carolina courts provide guidance on scope, limitations of attorney-client privilege
- A Different Ode to Pro Bono Work
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