The widow of a truck driver who died when his truck exploded after he hit a disabled dump truck has confidentially settled a claim against the dump truck’s owner for $3.7 million, her attorney reports. Wes Kissenger of Harrison ...

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  The parents of a Lexington County high school football player who died after practicing in sweltering heat have settled a lawsuit with the Lexington County School District and the South Carolina High School League for $640,000. Lewis Simpkins, a ...

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The family of a man who was shot and killed while trying to detain a car thief on his property has settled a lawsuit against the homeowners’ association and property manager of his gated community for $1 million after they ...

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  The sister of a South Carolina Department of Corrections inmate who died of a head injury after he didn’t receive proper medical treatment for hallucinations has settled a lawsuit against the SCDC for $387,500, her attorney reports. Andrew Kunz ...

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  The family of a 13-year-old boy who was electrocuted after a metal pole that he was playing with touched a low-hanging power line has settled a lawsuit with the at-fault power company for $4 million, according to court documents. ...

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  The family of a man who was killed when the van he was riding in crashed into an empty car-hauler trailer that had been allowed to come to rest in the lane of a highway has received a $1.3 ...

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  The family of a 75-year-old woman who died as a result of “horrific” facial and chest injuries suffered in a crash with a logging truck has reached an $875,000 settlement in a wrongful death and survival action, the family’s ...

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The widow of an Anderson County sheriff’s deputy who was killed in a boat training exercise with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has settled a wrongful death lawsuit against the federal government for $3.95 million, her attorneys report. Kenneth ...

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South Carolina does not recognize any rule that would automatically preclude a suicide victim’s estate from pursuing a wrongful death action, the state’s Supreme Court has ruled in answering a pair of certified questions from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court ...

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  The family of a man who died of internal bleeding in the early morning hours after Christmas at the Medical University of South Carolina has settled a wrongful death claim in Charleston County Superior Court for $775,000, the family’s ...

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