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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North Greenville University has settled a False Claims Act lawsuit for $2.5 million after the federal government alleged the school had illegally used U.S. Department of Education funds to pay for incentive-based student recruitment services. Title IV of the Higher ...

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South Carolina will receive $4.5 million as its share of a $120 million settlement with Johnson & Johnson for falsely stating the longevity of its metal-on-metal hip implants, causing serious medical problems for patients who had to have them replaced, ...

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Aiken County, South Carolina was just one of 11 municipalities recently involved in a lawsuit brought over antiquated computer monitors and cathode ray tube television sets. According to an Aiken Standard article, the lawsuit was brought by Carolina Pines LLC, ...

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The widow of a man who was killed when his moped ran into the back of an Isle of Palms police car in 2016 recently received a written apology from the police force, along with a notice of a policy ...

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A Rock Hill-based company that makes and sells 3D printers reached a $50 million settlement with shareholders who bought the company’s stock and suffered losses from an alleged fraud June 25. The fraud allegedly took place between Oct. 29, 2013 ...

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ST. GEORGE (AP) A South Carolina county’s insurer has paid nearly $1 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit over a confrontation involving the former county coroner who pulled a gun on his black neighbor and used a racial epithet ...

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Richland County has agreed to pay a former county administrator a $1 million settlement to protect the government and its councilmembers from wrongful termination lawsuits. Richland County Council voted 5-4 to the settlement after a 4-hour, closed-door session May 14, ...

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33 defendants agreed to settlements in cases which allege that they fixed the price of vehicle parts. As a result, the group will be paying $432 million in addition to a previous settlement worth $604 million. This brings the total ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) A South Carolina company that agreed to a $2 million settlement with the federal government over accusations of false billings has told patients that it’s closing five doctors’ offices. News outlets report patients have received letters from Family ...

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