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Banks & Banking – Bank Officers Face Negligence Claims
FDIC v. Rippy (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-149-15, 30 pp.) (Gregory, J.) No. 14-2078, Aug. 18, 2015; USDC at Wilmington, N.C. (Boyle, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: In this suit alleging that plaintiff Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as receiver, suffered $216 million in losses due to this North Carolina bank’s failure, the 4th Circuit says the district […]
Tyger River demand, negligence, net victim $1.1 million award
For cutting an auto accident claim check just a tad too late, Nationwide Insurance will pay a $1.1 million judgment to the victim, a federal judge in Charleston has ruled. Finding the incident more mistake than malice, the judge determined in a July 30 order that punitive damages would not be appropriate, however. According to […]
Finra orders investment broker to pay $1.17M award to family
Two Charleston lawyers have helped a family secure a more than $1.17 million award against a Texas financial advisor accused of negligence for selling self-serving investments and giving bad advice.
Case against Marriott settles for $2.46 million
An assistant principal whose career was cut short when a hotel shuttle he was riding in ran a red light has received a $2.46 million settlement for his injuries. “James Thompson was a rising star in the education community,” said Thompson’s attorney, John Clark of Sumter. “He was certain to go on to do great […]
SC firm gets $21.7M award for injured worker
A team of South Carolina lawyers won a $35.9 million jury verdict in Maryland for a 27-year-old man zapped with a bolt of electricity and paralyzed while working at an electrical substation.
A matter of force: $97.5M jury award trains a spotlight on the issue of law enforcement hiring
A jury deliberated just four hours before delivering a verdict and a message: $97.5 million — including $90 million in punitive damages — to the family of a man shot dead on a country road by a small-town police officer with a spotty history. In Reeves v. Town of Cottageville, et al., a jury found […]
Rikki don’t lose that number
Switching telephone service providers is a hassle. It was such a hassle for one South Carolina company that a federal court said the company can sue AT&T Southeast for negligence for failing to “port” the company’s phone number when he switched services, as federal law requires. Charles Strickland, owner and operator of Preferred Home Inspections, […]
Jury awards slain mayor’s family $97 million
CHARLESTON — A federal jury in Charleston has awarded the family of the former mayor of Cottageville $97 million for his shooting death. Multiple media outlets reported the jury reached the decision Wednesday in the negligence and wrongful death suit filed by the family of Burt Reeves. Reeves was shot by police officer Randall Price […]
Jury must rule on the hole question
A woman who was injured after her foot fell into a hole that had opened up in land owned by the city of Hartsville will be allowed to pursue her lawsuit against the city for not fixing the hole, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled in a Sept. 17 decision overturning the state’s Court of […]
Runaway wheel case settles for $600K
A man injured when the car he was driving hit a wheel that had fallen off a trailer on the interstate has settled his lawsuit against a trucking company and its owner for $600,000.
Tort/Negligence – Gross Negligence – Credit Card Receipt – Wrong Info – Arrest – Punitive Damages
Solanki v. Wal-Mart Store #2806 (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-100-14, 11 pp.) (Aphrodite Konduros, J.) (H. Bruce Williams, J., dissenting) Appealed from Spartanburg County Circuit Court (Frank Addy Jr., J.) S.C. App. Holding: Where a Wal-Mart employee made a mistake when running plaintiff’s credit card so that plaintiff’s purchases were charged to someone else, and where […]
Criminal Practice – Evidence – Pre-Autopsy Photos – Involuntary Manslaughter & Keeping a Dangerous Animal – Dog Mauling
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 certiorari to the Court of Appeals. S.C. S. Ct. Holding: Even if the trial court […]
Business Law
- Economy forces attorneys to get down to business
- Business Court judges trawl for customers
- Va. company's Web site did not subject business to personal jurisdiction in S.C., appeals panel rules
- Former running back from S.C. wins courtroom victory in contract dispute
- Contract – Government Contract – Qui Tam – False Claims Act
- Tort – Business Tort – Va. Computer Crimes Act – Trade Secrets
- Consumer Protection – FCRA – Auto Loan – Bank Accounting Errors
- Licenses & Permits – Beer & Wine Permit – Restrictive Covenant – Suitable Location
- Licenses & Permits – Veterinarian – Vaccine Maintenance
- State regulators look at car dealer accused of lying to customers
- Textile firm, railroad settle Graniteville train wreck lawsuit
- Subprime mortgage meltdown hits securities law
Commentary
- High court justices cross the line of propriety
- High court’s term was rough on big business
- The flip side of generative AI in law and how to address it
- The fight for equal educational opportunity continues
- Letter From The Editor – Working from Home
- NLRB joins FTC in taking aim at non-competes
- Supreme Court leaves key internet protection untouched
- US Supreme Court bites back at parody’s use of the First Amendment
- My goal: Provide the information that you need now
- Case study: North Carolina courts provide guidance on scope, limitations of attorney-client privilege
- A Different Ode to Pro Bono Work
- N.C. Bar Association embraces homophobia
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