In August, an Anderson Country, S.C., jury awarded plaintiff what is believed to be one of the largest jury verdicts in county history at $22.5 million for a moped wreck that took place in 2017.  According to the plaintiff’s council, ...

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A resident of a South Carolina assisted living facility has settled for $2 million after being assaulted by a staffer.  In the spring of 2021, a resident at a South Carolina assisted living facility was physically assaulted by a staff ...

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The family of a cyclist who was hit and killed by a pickup truck on his morning ride before work reached a settlement of $7.9 million.   The pickup truck driver was driving on behalf of his company and the ...

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A motorcyclist was awarded $900,000 after being injured in an accident.  On May 11, 2018, plaintiff Gail Thomas was riding her motorcycle north on US Highway 17 near Surfside Beach, South Carolina. According to her counsel, Mark J. Bringardner, as ...

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A woman who was rendered paraplegic after falling from a scaffold at a Lousiana worksite has settled her claims for nearly $16 million.  Plaintiff Meylin Castro reported for work on July 12, 2017, as a temporary constructor laborer on an ...

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In 2020 two commercial motor vehicles engaged in a near head on collision. They were travelling in different directions in a small county in South Carolina.   Each driver was alone in their vehicle. The plaintiff, who was represented by attorneys ...

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A husband and wife that were injured in a March 2022 auto accident were awarded $5 million in a pre-suit settlement in August.  In March 2022, the couple, who were in their early- to mid-60s, was traveling on Interstate77 northbound ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) — South Carolina is spending $24 million from a legal settlement over emissions with Volkswagen on more than 200 new buses that run on propane. The new buses will put the state on the edge of meeting a ...

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South Carolina is getting $4,097,718 in a multi-state settlement requiring Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary, Ethicon, Inc., to pay for deceptive marketing of transvaginal mesh devices. State Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the state’s share of a nearly $116.9 ...

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  Video evidence of a pedestrian being hit by a truck in a crosswalk was powerful evidence that helped facilitate a $1.2 million mediation settlement in Lexington County, the plaintiff’s attorney reports. Neal Lourie of Lourie Law Firm in Columbia ...

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