In re Santos (Lawyers Weekly No. 003-001-18, 7 pp.) (Helen Burris, J.) 17-02286; B.S.C. Holding: Not understanding that he should have sought the court’s permission before settling a motor vehicle accident claim, debtor Marcos Santos did so; however, he has ...

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The Oaks at Rivers Edge Property Owners Association, Inc. v. Daniel Island Riverside Developers, LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-054-17, 20 pp.) (Aphrodite Konduros, J.) (Stephanie McDonald, J., concurring in the result only without separate opinion) Appealed from Berkeley County Circuit ...

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A Mount Pleasant couple will have to divulge the terms of a mediated settlement it reached in a slip-and-fall case in order to determine whether other defendants in the case are entitled to a set-off, the South Carolina Court of ...

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Coates v. Simchon (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-011-17, 4 pp.) (Per Curiam) Appealed from Abbeville & Greenwood Counties (Eugene Griffith Jr., Circuit Court Judge) S.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Other than appellants’ allegation, there is no evidence in the record that respondent ...

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After being accused of injuring a woman while driving drunk, Jason Morgan thought he was off the hook financially when his insurance company paid a $25,000 policy limit to settle the victim’s lawsuit.

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Groves v. Communication Workers of America (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-054-16, 14 pp.) (Diaz, J.) No. 14-1854, March 10, 2016; USDC at Anderson, S.C. (Cain, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: Plaintiff AT&T sales representatives who were fired based on sales records the ...

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The city of North Charleston has agreed to pay a $6.5 million settlement to the family of Walter Scott following his shooting death during an encounter with a former city police officer who now awaits trial for murder.

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The city of Duncan has paid $700,000 to the estate of a woman shot and killed last year by one of its police officers as the woman allegedly tried to make off with the officer’s cruiser. The lawsuit, filed by ...

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SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — The family of a 24-year-old woman shot and killed by a police officer in Spartanburg County last year will receive $700,000. The Herald-Journal of Spartanburg reports the estate of Rebecca Oliver settled its wrongful death lawsuit against ...

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The insurer for an affluent, gated community near Beaufort has agreed to pay $1.75 million to settle a lawsuit over a security guard’s fatal response to a boozy Thanksgiving shooting involving an uncle and his nephew.

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