The mother of a young child who was severely burned when a portable gas container exploded can move forward with negligence claims against the retailer that sold the allegedly defective container, despite a broadly worded settlement shielding its manufacturer ...

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  Where the estate of a man killed in a trucking crash settled the case for $800,000, nearly half that amount—recovered from others involved in the incident—is to be set off against the full amount of the settlement rather than ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) At least 1 in 10 S.C. high-speed police pursuits in the past decade has resulted in a crash with an innocent bystander, often causing injury or death,  according to a review of media reports by The State newspaper. ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) Another inmate stabbed during a prison riot that left seven inmates dead is suing the South Carolina Department of Corrections. Media outlets reported 21-year-old Reakwon Latray Watson sued this week, about four weeks after the deadly riot at ...

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YORK (AP) A man is suing police in South Carolina for a chase that led to a fatal crash that killed his wife in 2016. William Bartell has sued York County, the city of Rock Hill, the Rock Hill Police ...

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Donze v. General Motors, LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-031-17, 16 pp.) (Kaye Hearn, J.) (John Kittredge, J., concurring in the result) On certification from the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. Holding: In answer to certified questions ...

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A woman who broke her ankle after entering a lazy river at a Myrtle Beach resort is set to receive $775,000 in compensation for her injuries. According to court records, Patricia Holland was staying at the Dunes Village Resort in ...

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Interstate Fire & Casualty Co. v. Dimensions Assurance Ltd. (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-175-16, 30 pp.) (Traxler, J.) No. 15-1801, Dec. 6, 2016; USDC at Greenbelt, Md. (Hazel, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A staffing agency nurse assigned to a hospital has ...

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U.S. ex rel. Kurt Bunk v. Government Logistics N.V. (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-160-16, 41 pp.) (King, J.) No. 15-1088, Nov. 15, 2016; USDC at Alexandria, Va. (Trenga, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: On its third look at civil and criminal charges ...

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American Safety Insurance Co. v. Page’s Thieves Market, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-160-16, 10 pp.) (Patrick Michael Duffy, J.) 2:15-cv-03266; D.S.C. Holding: Although defendant Parker’s paralyzing injury might have been covered under plaintiff’s liability insurance policy if he qualified as ...

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