A former emergency room nurse who was severely and permanently injured in a head-on crash has settled her claims for $17,052,000, her attorneys report.  Mark Bringardner, Carson Parker, and Madeline Nelson of Bringardner Injury Law Firm in Charleston report that ...

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By Heath Hamacher  hhamacher@sclawyersweekly.com  A man who was rear-ended by a loaded logging truck has settled his negligence claims for the insurer’s policy limits of $1 million, his attorney reports.   Brent Arant of the Joye Law Firm in North Charleston ...

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by Heath Hamacher After a one-day trial, a federal jury has awarded $208,000 to a Canadian woman heading South for the winter after her vehicle was struck by a flying semi-truck wheel on Interstate 95 in Clarendon County, her attorney ...

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The estate of a man killed in a multi-car crash in Mount Pleasant has settled its wrongful death claims for $10 million against a driver who admitted to being distracted at the time of the crash, the plaintiffs’ attorney reports.   ...

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A motor vehicle crash that took the life of one high school student and injured two others has resulted in a settlement of more than $23 million, the plaintiffs’ attorneys report.   Douglas Jennings, Perry Buckner, and John Dodds IV of ...

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The insurance company for a driver who seriously injured a motorcyclist has agreed to pay $1.25 million to settle the plaintiff’s personal injury claim, the plaintiff’s attorney reports. John Mobley of Columbia said that his client, Charles Lawhorn, was driving ...

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A woman who would have been satisfied with $95,000 in insurance money after being injured in a car crash has settled her personal injury claim for more than $11.7 million after the insurer initially refused to tender its liability limits, ...

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The estate of a man who died when an impaired driver broadsided his vehicle has settled its wrongful death suit for $1.8 million, the estate’s attorney reports.  Mark Bringardner represented the estate of 49-year-old David Watson, who was driving his ...

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A Charleston County judge has awarded $5 million to the estate of a man who was killed in a fiery crash caused by a drunk driver who was also killed.  Jai’von Pelzer was a passenger in a vehicle that was ...

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A Berkeley County jury has awarded $2.5 million to a woman who suffered back injuries as a result of a car crash, in a case that her attorneys say was strongly contested over the issue of damages because of the ...

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