Latest South Carolina Headlines
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South Carolina High Court Nixes $18 Million Award in Ford Crash
Mar 17 2010 // South Carolina’s highest court has overturned an $18 million verdict against Ford Motor Co. in a fatal crash, ruling that one expert shouldn’t have been allowed to testify about cruise control problems. Sonya...
Criminal Negligence Charges Weighed in Deadly 2007 South Carolina Fire
Mar 17 2010 // The father of a firefighter who died in a 2007 furniture store blaze that killed nine firefighters says families will meet with state fire investigators next week to discuss whether criminal negligence was involved in the...
South Carolina Asked to Extend Immunity for Planned Fires
Mar 15 2010 // Nearly a year after the state’s worst wildfire, forest managers and landowners have asked legislators to give them more protection from lawsuits when they intentionally set fires to reduce debris that could fuel...
South Carolina House Passes $25 Fine for Texting While Driving
Mar 12 2010 // South Carolina motorists who are caught sending or reading text messages while they drive would be fined $25 under legislation that won key House approval this week. With a 98-18 vote, the House gave second reading to a...
Federal Study of Fatal 2007 South Carolina Sofa Store Fire Not Ready
Mar 11 2010 // A complex federal study of a fire that killed nine South Carolina firefighters, already delayed by months, is still months from completion, authorities said. The National Institute of Standards and Technology in...
Families of Firefighters Killed in South Carolina Sofa Store Fire Settle
Mar 10 2010 // Families of eight firefighters killed battling a South Carolina furniture store fire almost three years ago have settled with another group of lawsuit defendants for more than $1.2 million. The June 18, 2007, fire at the...
South Carolina Not Enforcing Vision Law for Senior Drivers
Mar 10 2010 // Seven years after South Carolina changed the way it required drivers to prove their eyesight is adequate, the state has failed to establish a system of notifying people when they need to take vision tests or track who has...
South Carolina Worker Hurt at Job, Housing Covered by Insurance
Mar 7 2010 // A seasonal worker is entitled to workers compensation benefits for an injury sustained after falling at a housing complex supplied by his employer, the South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled. The court sided with the...
Insurers Restricting Coastal Exposure
Mar 7 2010 // The coastal home insurance market continues to tighten. State Farm is only writing a new homeowners policy in Mississippi if another is dropped and Allstate has stopped writing mobile homes on the South Carolina coast....
South Carolina House Advances Cap on Liability Awards
Mar 5 2010 // A proposal to cap how much people can be awarded through civil lawsuits in South Carolina received key approval this week. The House approved the tort reform bill 104-9. It faces another, routine vote before heading to the...
South Carolina Home Mitigation Program Reaches 1,000
Mar 2 2010 // A South Carolina program for coastal homeowners who have taken steps to shield their homes against hurricane winds has awarded more than 1,000 grants in two years. Scott Richardson, director of the South Carolina...
South Carolina’s Love Joins Florida-Based Home Safety Institute
Mar 2 2010 // The Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) in Tampa, Fla. announced that Allison Dean Love has joined the organization as external relations consultant. Love brings 20 years of experience in media relations,...
Allstate Drops Mobile-Home Coverage along South Carolina Coast
Feb 22 2010 // An Allstate spokesman says the company will no longer insure mobile homes along the South Carolina coast. Shane Robinson told The Sun News of Myrtle Beach for a story Saturday that about 2,400 existing customer policies in...
South Carolina Eyes Lawsuit Limits to Help Economy
Feb 21 2010 // South Carolina’s economic recovery could be helped by new limits on lawsuits, claims a business group in urging state lawmakers to consider legislation to do just that. The Senate Judiciary committee is weighing...
South Carolina Considers Allowing Golf Carts on Highways
Feb 18 2010 // Golf carts are a common sight in South Carolina, just not on state roads. But legislation up for debate this week in a House subcommittee would allow people to drive golf carts on the state’s secondary roads as long...
South Carolina Advances Bills Banning Texting, Phoning While Driving
Feb 18 2010 // South Carolina legislators this week advanced bills limiting how drivers use their cell phones behind the wheel. The bill heading to the House floor would ban both text messaging and talking on a hand-held phone, while a...
South Carolina Court: Worker Hurt at Job Housing Covered by Insurance
Feb 18 2010 // A seasonal worker is entitled to workers compensation benefits for an injury sustained after falling at a housing complex supplied by his employer, the South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled. The court sided with the...
South Carolina Considers Ban on Cell Phone Use by Teen Drivers
Feb 11 2010 // South Carolina senators are considering banning teens under 18 from driving while holding a cell phone to their ear. A Senate Judiciary subcommittee was set to debate the bill this week. It is among six bills in the...
Insurer Pays $5 Million in Deaths of 2 Bicyclists in South Carolina
Feb 9 2010 // An insurance company is paying $5 million to settle a case of a North Carolina driver that struck and killed two bicyclists in South Carolina. The State newspaper reported that a federal judge approved the settlement for...
South Carolina Eyes Lawsuit Limits to Help Economy
Feb 4 2010 // South Carolina’s economic recovery could be helped by new limits on lawsuits, claims a business group as state lawmakers consider legislation to do just that. The Senate Judiciary committee is weighing legislation...
