More than 10 years have passed since legal scholar and researcher Randall Kiser and his colleagues published their famous study documenting how often, and at what cost, attorneys obtain a result worse than what could have been achieved by accepting ...

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Charleston County Chief Administrative Judge Markley Dennis balked at the thought of using mediation to resolve criminal cases when a local mediator pitched the idea six or seven years ago. “My first thought was, ‘That’s just crazy. It won’t work,’” ...

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The trial court granted third-party defendant N3A Manufacturing Inc.’s motion to participate in mediation by telephone, and N3A did not inform the other parties of any scheduling conflict. Although N3A asserts that its counsel was in communication with a representative ...

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Moore v. Draughn (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-132-17, 8 pp.) (J. Michelle Childs, J.) 1:16-cv-03651; D.S.C. Holding: The South Carolina plaintiff asserts that he has a valid claim against defendant South Carolina Department of Transportation, arguing that the South Carolina Tort ...

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As mediators, attorneys and educators, we understand the importance of preparing litigators to engage in mediation advocacy effectively. We also understand the realities of law firm practice and the scarcity of time attorneys have to devote to professional development. However, ...

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Hello, my name is Shon, and I am a recovering courtroom addict. I used to believe that all family law matters should be tried for their sins and litigated to the end of time. For the first 15 years of ...

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A Columbia nursing home has agreed to pay $315,000 to the estate of a man who died after falling off his shower bed while being bathed, breaking several bones in his face and neck. James Lewis, who was in his ...

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Rickerson v. Karl (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-037-15, 9 pp.) (John Geathers, J.) Appealed from Horry County Circuit Court (Benjamin Culbertson, J.) S.C. App. Holding: Even though plaintiff’s notice of intent to file suit did not say that the case was ...

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SULLIVANS ISLAND — A judge has ordered mediation in a lawsuit involving ocean views on Sullivans Island northeast of Charleston. The Post and Courier of Charleston reports that two property owners are suing over a town policy regulating the trimming ...

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Back in the 1990s a group of bar leaders in Greenville County started talking about a place where low-income litigants could mediate their disputes without having to pay high-priced private mediators.

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