During the underlying proceedings between the project owner and the general contractor, the owner settled a claim by electrical subcontractor Carolina Construction Solutions (CCS) for $50,000. CCS was only hired after the project owner became frustrated by construction delays, demanded ...

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The circuit court placed too high a burden on plaintiffs – retired city employees – in requiring them to prove they would have been better off if the defendant-city had fulfilled its promise of free health care during their retirement. ...

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Where (1) plaintiff made a short-term loan to defendant ISL Development, LLC, in part to pay the salary of defendant Stewart; (2) plaintiff declined to consider the loan an investment in ISL; and (3) plaintiff said she would extend the ...

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A former bank executive who was fired from his job will be able to move forward with a federal lawsuit against the co-worker who accused him of sexual harassment after the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that at-will employment relationships ...

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An employer can enforce an arbitration clause in an employment contract that waives any appellate review, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in a matter of first impression.  The April 8 decision allows employers to put clear ...

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  A South Carolina college’s faculty manual created an employment contract with the tenured English professor that it later fired, despite disclaimers on nearly every page saying that the manual wasn’t a contract, a narrowly divided South Carolina Supreme Court ...

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  A woman who signed a sweeping arbitration clause when she purchased a new car will now have to go to arbitration to resolve a claim that one of the dealership’s salesmen posted her contact information on a sexually explicit ...

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BY JOHN GILLERAN Although “smart contracts” have been the subject of much discussion in the information technology field, the impact that they will have on the legal profession is not well known, in part because the capabilities of such contracts ...

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Defendant, the first developer of the residential development at issue, was found partially responsible for the damages caused by construction defects. On appeal, defendant argued that the trial court erred in denying a directed verdict motion based on the statute ...

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Plaintiffs are entitled to an attorney’s fee award as costs pursuant to the parties’ employment contracts, not as damages under the South Carolina Payment of Wages Act. Therefore, plaintiffs were not required to comply with Rule 9(g)’s special-damage pleading provisions. ...

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