A man who suffered catastrophic injuries when he was hit by a car while riding his motorcycle in Lancaster County has negotiated a $4 million pre-suit confidential settlement, the victim’s attorney reports. Mark Jetton of Jetton & Meredith in ...

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  A pedestrian who was severely injured after he was hit by a vehicle when he got out of his car to check the status of a wreck has settled a lawsuit against the at-fault driver for $1.2 million, his ...

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Plaintiff was a passenger in a vehicle involved in an accident with a tractor-trailer. The trailer operator was hired by another company, who was insured by defendant. Plaintiff sought a declaration under the Declaratory Judgment Act that defendant was required ...

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GRANITEVILLE (AP) Authorities say the driver of an empty tour bus has died after rear-ending a flatbed truck carrying a tank in stopped traffic on a South Carolina interstate. Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton said 73-year-old William White of Rock ...

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A 23-year-old art and design student who suffered multiple traumatic injuries when an alleged intoxicated driver crashed head-on into her vehicle has settled her lawsuit for $1.35 million, according to her attorneys. Just after 11 p.m. on Aug. 15, according ...

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On Sept. 7, a jury awarded $2.5 million to a 63-year-old retired Army veteran who suffered several injuries in a three-car crash, the woman’s attorneys report. According to one of her lawyers, Roy Willey IV of the Anastopoulo Law Firm ...

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When two drivers with different ideas about who has the right of way meet at an intersection, trouble often follows – much like when opposing interpretations of the law collide in court, as evidenced by the conflicting legal decisions handed ...

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Fairchild v. South Carolina Department of Transportation Plaintiff made a “reasonable objection” to the doctor whom defendant proposed to conduct an independent medical examination of her, i.e., the doctor was an expert for the defense who had already reviewed plaintiff’s medical records and the deposition testimony of potential witnesses.

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A man who claimed a Sumter restaurant served wine to an intoxicated customer has settled a wrongful death suit for $3 million, thanks in part to recent S.C. Supreme Court case law. Lawyers for plaintiff Paul Schmidt said the court's 2010 decision in a dram shop case helped Schmidt get the settlement despite a multi-million-dollar setoff resulting from an earlier, confidential settlement with the customer's employer. "We had a very high setoff that we would have had to overcome had we gone to trial - a high seven-figure setoff," said Mount Pleasant lawyer David Yarborough, a member of the plaintiff's legal team.

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By FRED HORLBECK, Senior Staff Writer fred.horlbeck@sc.lawyersweekly.com   A man whose leg had to be amputated from the knee down after an ATV rollover has settled an out-of-court negligence claim against the driver for $2.2 million. Plaintiff Kenneth Boissoneault concluded ...

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