Free Newsletter
Lawsuits settled after South Carolina boating crash deaths
COLUMBIA (AP) Two lawsuits have been settled after a crash on a South Carolina lake that killed two men last year. David Bruce Dyer was driving a powerboat on Lake Murray northwest of Columbia when it ran crashed into a bass boat April 21, 2017. The crash killed 37-year-old Danny Phillips and 28-year-old Shawn Lanier […]
Fall from golf cart leads to $435K settlement
A man who visited a Ford dealership looking for a truck but left with two broken kneecaps has settled his personal injury lawsuit for $435,000, his attorney has reported. According to an attorney for Randall Williamson, Thomas “Field” Dunaway of the Dunaway Law Firm in Anderson, Williamson, his wife, and his son went to […]
City of Rock Hill agrees to pay $750K
According to her attorney, Randi Sisk was severely injured when she collided with a city sanitation truck that attempted to pass her moped in a no-passing zone. The Aug. 8, 2013, crash led to the amputation of one of Sisk’s legs, said James F. Thompson of Spartanburg. Sisk reached a $750,000 mediated settlement with […]
$1.25M jury verdict for man hurt when tree fell on his truck
A jury in Dorchester County has awarded $1.25 million to a man who was hurt when a dead tree fell onto the bed of his pickup truck while he was stopped at a traffic light. The impact blew out the truck’s shocks and springs and lifted the front wheels off the ground, according to […]
Downed drink display leads to $587K settlement
A woman who says her back was severely injured when a drink display fell on top of her inside a North Charleston store has agreed to settle her case for $587,500, her attorneys report. According to Dolly Droze, she was shopping at Family Dollar when she bent over to pick up an item and […]
$6M verdict for road worker crushed under truck
A jury in Charleston has awarded $6 million to a former South Carolina Department of Transportation employee whose lower body was crushed beneath the weight of a pickup loaded with concrete. Carl McNeill, a safety and quality control inspector for the DOT, was examining pothole repair work when a contractor’s Ford F450 pickup slowly rolled […]
Injured worker gets $4.25M settlement
A worker injured when he was struck by a falling heat pump reached a $4.25 million settlement the Friday before his trial was set to begin, his attorneys have reported. In July 2013, according to William Applegate IV of Yarborough Applegate in Charleston, Rene Cardoso reported to a downtown Charleston construction site, where he had […]
Admiralty – Tort/Negligence – Personal Injury – Anchor Line – Transverse Myelitis — Foreseeability
Harrison v. Newman (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-168-17, 9 pp.) (Richard Mark Gergel, J.) 2:16-cv-02919; D.S.C. Holding: Even if the windlass on defendant’s boat was an open and obvious danger, plaintiff does not allege a failure to warn; instead, plaintiff argues that defendant was negligent in activating the windlass while plaintiff was holding the anchor line […]
Trucker’s questionable log book at center of $800K settlement
Three people who were injured in a collision with a semitrailer in Horry County have agreed to drop a lawsuit against the trucker and a trucking company in exchange for a $800,000 settlement, according to their attorneys. Dixie Ray, a nurse, was returning to her home with her daughter and son-in-law in June 2015, when […]
Bumpy banana boat ride settles for $950K
A grandmother who was injured while riding a banana boat in a coastal South Carolina city has received a $950,000 settlement, according to her attorney. The 61-year-old woman sustained a spine compression fracture during a “rough ride” on the banana boat, a large yellow raft towed behind a jet ski, said her attorney, Scott Bluestein […]
Fender bender outside eatery settles for $475K
A minor crash involving two drivers leaving a popular fast food restaurant in Sumter has resulted in a $475,000 settlement. Patricia McDuffie had just left Cook Out and was stopped in the median, waiting to merge into traffic on Broad Street, when another customer leaving the burger joint crashed into the back of her car, […]
Fender bender nets $475K settlement
A 64-year-old man injured when his vehicle was struck by a Domino’s delivery guy settled his negligence case for $475,000, his attorney reports, despite plenty of potential strong defenses. According to one of the plaintiff’s attorneys, Tom Milligan of Milligan & Pogue in Mount Pleasant, it wasn’t the facts that doomed the defendants’ case, but […]
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
Polls
Loading ...
SC Lawyers Weekly keeps you connected with the latest legal news, Daily Practice and Breaking
News alerts.
Sign-up for SC Lawyers Weekly Email Alerts
