During the summer of 2016 the plaintiff and her husband traveled to the Charleston area and stayed at a second-story hotel room with outdoor entry. When leaving the next morning, the couple was walking down the stairs to get to ...

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A 70-year-old man who went out to hit the links at a Myrtle Beach golf course has reached a $1.4 million settlement after the links hit him back, his attorneys report. Douglas Jennings of Yarborough & Applegate of Charleston reports ...

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Carn v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-134-17, 6 pp.) (David Norton, J.) 9:16-cv-00892; D.S.C. Holding: Without the deposition testimony of two Walmart employees who are seen on the store’s surveillance video of its produce department shortly before plaintiff ...

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Payne v. Wal-Mart Stores East, L.P. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-161-17, 6 pp.) (Mary Geiger Lewis, J.) 8:16-cv-02140; D.S.C. Holding: According to store surveillance footage, about four minutes before plaintiff slipped and fell in a puddle of milk, a child dropped ...

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A law clerk who who took a spill on the recently buffed stone steps of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Columbia agreed to a $750,000 settlement on the second day of his jury trial, according to his attorney. According to ...

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A 55-year-old woman trying to enjoy her Myrtle Beach vacation instead ending up breaking her ankle as she eased into a lazy river pool, leading to surgery, medical bills, and eventually a $750K settlement. In April 2014, plaintiff Patricia Holland ...

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Holland v. Hucks Pool Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-206-16, 10 pp.) (R. Bryan Harwell, J.) 4:15-cv-00141; D.S.C. Holding: The defendant-contractor does not allege any damages of its own apart from the expense of defending this slip and fall lawsuit, so ...

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Wilson v. Wal-Mart, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-104-16, 9 pp.) (Joseph Anderson Jr., J.) 3:15-cv-01157; D.S.C. Holding: In her deposition, plaintiff initially testified that the liquid in which she slipped and fell dripped from defendant’s meat cooler onto the floor; ...

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Home surveillance cameras played a critical role in reaching a $950,000 settlement in a lawsuit over the death of prominent Columbia political activist and philanthropist Martha Edens. Edens’ daughter, Dinah Cook, alleged in a wrongful death and survival action that ...

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A doctor making his rounds in 2011 who took a spill after stepping in a puddle by a nurses’ station won a $2.5 million verdict in September, his attorneys reported to Lawyers Weekly this week. According to William Padget of ...

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