Latest South Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
South Carolina Jury Awards Family $700K in Deadly Crash with Deputy
Mar 13 2012 // A jury has awarded $700,000 to the family of a 21-year-old man killed in a head-on crash with a Colleton County deputy who was racing to check on a burglar alarm without turning on his emergency lights and siren. However,...
South Carolina Restaurant Sued for Wrongful Death
Mar 2 2012 // A renowned Charleston, S.C. restaurant has been named as a defendant in a wrongful death case. The Post and Courier of Charleston reported that a lawsuit seeking unspecified damages has been brought against the restaurant...
South Carolina’s Small Glass Shops Seek to Crack Giant Safelite’s Clout
Feb 23 2012 // How automotive glass repair companies are allowed to access glass claims has become a contentious issue in South Carolina where independent shops are trying to break a national company’s hold on the market. South...
Workers’ Compensation Cost Hike Sought in South Carolina
Feb 21 2012 // South Carolina employers could see their workers’ compensation premiums increase next year if state regulators go along with a proposed 7.3 percent increase in the state’s loss cost rates. The National Council...
Judge Allows South Carolina Firm’s Twitter Lawsuit
Feb 20 2012 // A South Carolina company’s lawsuit accusing a former employee of costing it hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost business when he took Twitter followers can go forward, a federal judge has ruled. San...
Judge Allows South Carolina Company’s Twitter Lawsuit Against Employee
Feb 2 2012 // A South Carolina company’s lawsuit accusing a former employee of costing it hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost business when he took Twitter followers can go forward, a federal judge has ruled. On Monday, San...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires South Carolina’s Riley & Associates
Jan 19 2012 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. said it has acquired Riley & Associates Inc. in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Riley & Associates Inc. is a retail insurance broker with...
South Carolina Jury Awards $1M to Teens in ‘Choking Game’ Claim
Jan 16 2012 // Two South Carolina teens have been awarded $500,000 each in a lawsuit over the so-called “choking game” at a Clarendon County camp for children of deployed soldiers or those preparing to go overseas. The Post...
South Carolina Judge Grants Initial OK for Class Action Over Sun City Homes
Jan 10 2012 // A South Carolina judge has granted preliminary class-action status to lawsuits alleging defective stucco work on homes in Sun City Hilton Head. The Island Packet of Hilton Head reported that Judge J. Michael Baxley issued...
South Carolina Considers Mandating Motorcycle Helmets for All Riders
Jan 4 2012 // State lawmakers in South Carolina are considering modifying a 30-year old law so that all motorcycle riders in the state must wear helmets. South Carolina State Senator Ralph Anderson (D-Greenville) is sponsoring a bill...
South Carolina Company Sues Ex-Worker Over Twitter Followers
Dec 31 2011 // An Internet company in South Carolina has sued one of its former employees, saying the worker cost the company thousands of dollars in lost business when he took 17,000 Twitter followers with him when he left the...
South Carolina Insurance Director Black Resigns
Dec 29 2011 // South Carolina is looking for a new insurance commissioner. Eleven months after being nominated for the job by Gov. Nikki Haley, David Black has resigned. Haley has named Gwen Fuller-McGriff as acting director of the...
South Carolina State Worker Seeks Free Speech Damages Over Firing
Dec 27 2011 // A former South Carolina state employee has filed a federal lawsuit over his termination earlier this year after a diversity training session, an action he says amounts to trampling his free speech rights. The State...
Former South Carolina Governor’s Brother Denies Liability for Pool Drowning
Dec 20 2011 // The brother of former Gov. Mark Sanford and his wife deny they are liable for the death of a 6-year-old boy found dead in a pool during a party they hosted. The Island Packet of Hilton Head reported that John and Julia...
South Carolina Police Say Woman Had Insurance on 4 Slain Family Members
Dec 14 2011 // A woman charged with killing four members of her family had $700,000 worth of life insurance policies taken out on the victims, a detective testified in court Monday. After hearing the Pickens County investigator’s...
South Carolina Court Throws Out Claims Over Softball Game Injury
Dec 7 2011 // People playing contact sports assume the risk they will be injured, South Carolina’s Supreme Court ruled this week, upholding a lower court’s ruling that said a man injured in a softball game should have known...
South Carolina Judge Awards Sex Abuse Victim $14 Million
Nov 18 2011 // A South Carolina Circuit Court judge has awarded a 27-year-old woman more than $14 million in civil damages in a suit brought against a former stepfather who sexually abused her as a child. The woman, Kelly Waldron Bowles,...
6 Killed, Dozens Injured in Southeast Storms
Nov 18 2011 // At least six people have been killed and dozens more injured as a storm system that spawned several possible tornadoes moved across the Southeast. Suspected tornadoes were reported Wednesday in Louisiana, Mississippi,...
Merck Settles Vioxx Suits from New York, Florida, South Carolina
Nov 15 2011 // Merck & Co. has reached settlements to resolve lawsuits from the states of New York, Florida and South Carolina alleging the company misled state regulators about the dangers of the painkiller Vioxx, according to court...
Florida Man Wins $1M Claim Against South Carolina Lawyer
Oct 25 2011 // A federal jury has awarded a Florida man $1 million in punitive damages against his former Charleston lawyer. The Post and Courier reported that a jury in Columbia ruled against attorney Robert Lowe Jr. in the legal...
