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Tort/Negligence – South Carolina’s Protection of Persons and Property Act – Self-Defense
A grocery store and its owner were immune from negligence-based claims arising from an employee’s justified fatal shooting of a customer because the employee’s stand-your-ground immunity established that no underlying […]
Tort/Negligence – South Carolina Tort Claims Act – Negligence, Gross Negligence, or Trespass Against Local Beekeepers
Dorchester County’s aerial mosquito spray, conducted in compliance with statutory requirements and public health directives, did not constitute negligence, gross negligence, or trespass against local beekeepers. We affirmed summary judgment […]
Tort/Negligence – Emotional Distress Damages for Harm to Pets – Personal Property
Emotional distress damages are not available for harm to pets, as they are legally considered personal property, while leaving open the possibility of recovering other property-related damages. We affirmed partial […]
Tort/Negligence – South Carolina Frivolous Civil Proceedings Sanctions Act – Negligent Construction Administration
A professional engineer’s affidavit satisfied statutory expert requirements for claims based on negligent construction administration, but not for architectural design, limiting the negligence and contract claims and requiring dismissal of […]
Tort/Negligence – Assumption of Risk – Causation
The trial court erred in charging the jury on assumption of risk, but the error did not prejudice Appellant. We affirmed the trial court’s denial of Appellant’s post-trial motion. Appellant […]
Tort/Neglignece – Unreliable Expert Testimony – Prejudiced by Admission of Testimony
The substance of Respondents’ expert’s testimony was unreliable and the trial court abused its discretion in admitting the testimony because the expert failed to provide evidence of any prior application […]
Tort/Negligence – Inadmissible Photographs – Curative Jury Instruction
The trial court erred in denying its motion for a new trial because Plaintiff presented inadmissible photographs to the jury during her opening argument and the trial court refused to […]
Tort/Negligence – Collective Injury Theory – Allocation Principle
We ascertained no clear error in the district court’s adoption of the collective injury theory. We affirmed the judgment of the district court. When this matter was previously before us […]
Tort/Negligence – Breach of the Implied Warranty of Workmanlike Service – Negligent Supervision
Evidence that a Blue Moon employee used Blue Moon’s general contractor’s license to pull a building permit for construction of the subject home without Blue Moon’s knowledge, is not sufficient […]
Tort/Negligence – Construction Defect Case – Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act
There was no error in the trial court’s order granting summary judgment as to the general contractor’s claims for contribution, breach of contract, breach of implied warranties, contractual indemnity, and […]
Tort/Negligence – Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act – Setoff Calculation
The court of appeals did not correctly apply the provisions of the Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors to arrive at appropriate net judgments to be entered in favor of Plaintiff against […]
Tort/Negligence – Actual and Punitive Damage Default Judgment – New Evidence
The master-in-equity’s consideration of “new evidence” was immaterial because the $1.76 million award was excessive based on evidence presented during the original damages hearing. We affirmed in part and reversed […]
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- Consumer Protection – FCRA – Auto Loan – Bank Accounting Errors
- Licenses & Permits – Veterinarian – Vaccine Maintenance
- Tort – Business Tort – Va. Computer Crimes Act – Trade Secrets
- Textile firm, railroad settle Graniteville train wreck lawsuit
- State regulators look at car dealer accused of lying to customers
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