The estate of a woman killed by an alleged impaired driver has settled the case for $1.75 million prior to the filing of a lawsuit, the plaintiff’s attorney reports. According to Thomas “Field” Dunaway IV of Anderson, Loretta Pressley, 49, ...
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Read More »The estate of a woman paralyzed after undergoing an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion — a process to remove a herniated or degenerative disc in the neck — settled its case against the defendant hospital for $845,000 her attorneys report. ...
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Read More »The family of a South Carolina teenager who was killed in a single-car collision will receive $6.1 million under a settlement. Christopher Hart of the Hart Law Firm in Columbia, who represented the plaintiffs in the case, said the Aug. ...
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Read More »The family of a Summerville woman who was killed while riding her bicycle to her job at a church day care has agreed to drop a wrongful death suit in exchange for a $1.2 million settlement, according to the family’s ...
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Read More »Slaton v. Correct Care Solutions, LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-114-16, 12 pp.) (J. Michelle Childs, J.) 3:15-00627; D.S.C. Holding: Even though detention center officers suspended the booking process (during which the defendant-medical contractor normally conducted its intake exam), and even ...
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Read More »Roddey v. Wal-Mart Stores East, LP (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-019-16, 12 pp.) (Jean Hoefer Toal, Acting Justice) (Costa Pleicones, C.J., joined by John Kittredge, J., dissenting) Appealed from Lancaster County Circuit Court (Brooks Goldsmith, J.) On writ of certiorari to ...
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Read More »GREENWOOD, S.C. (AP) — The family of a two-year-old who contracted E. coli from a South Carolina day care has settled a wrongful death claim for $1 million. Court records show the family of 2-year-old Myles Mayfield settled the case Monday. An ...
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Read More »A federal lawsuit alleging that physicians at the Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Columbia committed a series of mind-boggling mistakes that led to the prolonged suffering and eventual death of a patient has settled for $700,000. The patient’s widow, ...
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Read More »Riley v. Ford Motor Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-111-15, 11 pp.) (John Kittredge, J.) Appealed from Bamberg County Circuit Court (Doyet Early III, J.) On writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals. S.C. S. Ct. Holding: Where there was ...
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Read More »A jury in Marion County hit a Sumter family physician accused of malpractice with a $675,000 verdict in late August, spurring his practice to subsequently pay $500,000 to settle the case. The family of the late Ruby Britt accused Dr. ...
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