Bean v. Upsher-Smith Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-166-17, 17 pp.) (R. Bryan Harwell, J.) 4:16-cv-01696; D.S.C. Holding: Despite plaintiff’s allegations that the defendant-generic amiodarone hydrochloride manufacturers engaged in their own off-label use marketing efforts and took advantage of Wyeth ...

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After a two-week trial in a case involving a man who died while working at North Charleston’s Boeing Co.’s Dreamliner 787 plant, a federal jury awarded $8.8 million to the man’s estate, his attorneys have reported. In 2013, 38-year-old David ...

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The wife and daughter of a trucker who was burned alive in an explosion after his rig collided with a tanker truck in Orangeburg County has received $11 million to settle a federal wrongful death and survival suit.

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A wrongful death lawsuit filed in the wake of a tanker truck explosion that killed three people, including a father and his 9-year-old son, has settled for more than $1 million, according to an attorney involved with the case. “It’s ...

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Odell Fields, a Marine Vietnam veteran, was 65 years old and had just retired from General Tire when, on May 10, 2014, his life was cut short by a blindsiding from a drunken bar patron more than 30 years his ...

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The family of a 3-year-old boy who was killed after being struck by a falling tree limb during a church picnic has settled its wrongful death and negligence lawsuit with several parties for nearly $3.6 million. The settlements put an ...

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The family of an Air Force reservist and college student killed in a traffic crash settled its wrongful death claims before filing suit, according to an attorney representing the family. Dawna Sisco, the mother of 31-year-old Jessica Bonsack, accepted a ...

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Priester v. Futuramic Tool & Engineering Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-101-17, 27 pp.) (David Norton, J.) 2:14-cv-01108; D.S.C. Holding: An elevated work platform was delivered to the Boeing manufacturing facility in North Charleston in an incomplete condition; plaintiff may be ...

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A mother who watched her teenaged daughter electrocuted by a fallen power line has settled her wrongful death lawsuit for $3.25 million, her attorneys report. Ann Donald, the mother of 16-year-old Emily Rose Donald, sued Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative after ...

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On Oct. 1, 2015, the 64-year-old plaintiff, a retired social worker, was traveling down Coleman Boulevard in Mount Pleasant when the defendant, driving a large sport utility vehicle, ended up in the plaintiff’s lane, crashing into her head-on. The plaintiff, ...

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