South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Sep 18, 2025

4th Circuit vacates Kraft Heinz summary judgment in whistleblower FSMA case

4th Circuit vacates summary judgment in Kraft Heinz whistleblower case, ruling FSMA contributing factor standard, not but-for causation, must guide review of termination and retaliation claims.

Mar 21, 2025

Whistleblower’s family sues Boeing over his suicide

CHARLESTON — The family of a former Boeing quality control manager who police say killed himself after lawyers questioned him for days about his whistleblowing on alleged jumbo jet defects […]

Jan 10, 2025

Demoted official’s lawsuit alleges whistleblower retaliation

A Jasper County school system official sued the school district, its board and other officials, alleging he was demoted after reporting conduct by former Superintendent Rechel Anderson. Wesley Terrill, the […]

Sep 26, 2023

Whistleblowers want court to continue Paxton lawsuit

AUSTIN, Texas — A group of whistleblowers who reported Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to the FBI said Monday they are not giving up their own legal fight against the […]

May 28, 2019

Hospital whistleblowers settle lawsuit for $725K

A pair of whistle-blowing hospital administrators will receive $725,000 after settling a lawsuit filed against a former CEO who they allege forced them to pressure emergency room doctors to unnecessarily […]

Jun 18, 2018

Labor & Employment – Public Employees – Whistleblower – Wrongful Discharge Claim – Defamation

Plaintiff was fired after emailing defendant’s Chief of Human Resources, suggesting that defendant ignore a nationwide injunction imposed by a federal court in Texas on the enforcement of a new […]

Jan 10, 2018

Employment – “Whistleblower’s” Disclosures Not Protected; Termination Warranted

Appellant William C. O’Hara, a federal contractor’s former employee, did not make protected disclosures of fraud to the contracting agency and, based on his work performance, would have been terminated […]

Feb 21, 2017

Government can nix whistleblower settlements without intervening

The attorney general has absolute, unreviewable veto power over settlements in qui tam suits, even when the government declines to intervene on behalf of whistleblowers, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court […]

Mar 24, 2016

Company that makes sleep apnea masks to pay $34M in lawsuit

MURRYSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A company that makes breathing masks for people with sleep apnea has agreed to pay $34.8 million to settle claims it paid kickbacks to suppliers that […]

Sep 24, 2015

Labor & Employment — Whistleblower Suit Not Barred by Prior Suit

Lee v. Norfolk Southern Ry. Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-156-15, 26 pp.) (Floyd, J.) No. 14-1585, Sept. 17, 2015; USDC at Asheville, N.C. (Reidinger, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A railroad […]

Aug 12, 2015

Contract — No Dismissal for Leak of Sealed FCA Claim

Smith v. Clark/Smoot/Russell, a Joint Venture (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-144-15, 22 pp.) (Wynn, J.) No. 14-1406, Aug. 10, 2015; USDC at Greenbelt, Md. (Titus, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: Although a […]

Jul 24, 2015

Court says hospital can’t cherry pick legal advice

A $237.4 million judgment against Tuomey Healthcare System for submitting more than 21,000 false Medicare claims was upheld by the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals on July 2. According […]