A South Carolina woman whose husband died after a tree fell on him has settled a lawsuit against the property owner for $800,000, according to court documents. Michael Gaines died in February 2016 after a pine tree fell on him ...
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Read More »SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California jury convicted Alan Gimenez of killing his infant daughter Priscilla after medical testimony revealed what some doctors say is a tell-tale sign she had been shaken: brain swelling and bleeding inside her skull and ...
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Read More »The estate of an autistic woman who died after she was restrained by employees of a state center for people with special needs has agreed to a $1 million pretrial settlement. According to an attorney for the family, John Clark ...
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Read More »COLUMBIA (AP) — A coroner says an 18-year-old University of South Carolina student found dead in an off-campus home had four times the legal limit of alcohol in his body. Richland County Coroner Gary Watts said Charles Terreni Jr. had ...
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Read More »RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Raising the legal age to buy tobacco to higher than 18 would likely prevent premature death for hundreds of thousands of people, according to a report issued Thursday by the Institute of Medicine. The report examines ...
Read More »CHARLESTON (AP) — A North Charleston man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after being convicted in the shooting death of a man nearly two years ago. Multiple media outlets reported that jurors deliberated more than 15 hours ...
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Read More »LAKE WYLIE (AP) — York County sheriff’s deputies are investigating the shooting deaths of two people found at a home in Lake Wylie. Area media outlets report that deputies were called to the scene late Thursday night. Sheriff’s spokesman Trent ...
Read More »LOS ANGELES (AP) — A pit bull owner whose dogs fatally mauled a woman walking near his house faces the unusual prospect of spending up to life behind bars. Alex Donald Jackson, 31, faces a sentence of 15 years to ...
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Read More »State v. Collins (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-100-14, 13 pp.) (Donald Beatty, J.) (John Kittredge, J., joined by Kaye Hearn, J., concurring in the result) (Costa Pleicones, J., dissenting) Appealed from Dillon County Circuit Court (Paul Burch, J.) On writ of ...
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Read More »Tort/Negligence – ‘Strategic’ Removal Waived Federal Defense in Products Liability Case Wood v. Crane Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-164-14, 25 pp.) (Diaz, J.) No. 13 -1868, Aug. 15, 2014; USDC at Baltimore, Md. (Blake, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: In plaintiff’s ...
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