South Carolina Establishes New Precedent for Legal Malpractice Cases November 8, 2015 By Amy O'Connor The South Carolina Supreme Court has reversed a decade old precedent-setting decision in which it dismissed a legal malpractice case...
South Carolina High Court Further Reduces Penalty on Janssen Pharmaceuticals July 13, 2015 By Meg Kinnard South Carolina’s highest court further reduced the penalty against a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary accused of deceptive marketing of an...
South Carolina Court Rules Stripper Shot at Club Entitled to Workers’ Comp March 23, 2015 An exotic dancer who was shot at a Columbia, S.C., nightclub is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for her injury,...
South Carolina Court Orders J&J to Pay $136M in Risperdal Case February 27, 2015 South Carolina’s Supreme Court ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay a penalty of $136 million, upholding a jury’s finding that...
South Carolina Court Blocks Kiawah Island Walls to Slow Erosion December 12, 2014 By Bruce Smith A divided South Carolina Supreme Court has denied developers permission to build a half-mile of coastal walls on Kiawah Island,...
South Carolina Court Upholds Exclusions Blocking Contractor Suit Against Subcontractor August 22, 2013 By Michael Adams South Carolina’s high court has found that a general contractor cannot sue a subcontractor for faulty workmanship in instances where...
Email Inbox Not Private, Says South Carolina Court October 15, 2012 By Jeffrey Collins The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled a man’s privacy was not violated when his wife’s daughter-in-law managed to get...
South Carolina High Court Asked to Hear State Employees’ Benefits Suit August 17, 2012 By Seanna Adcox The leaders of groups representing teachers and state employees asked the state Supreme Court this week to take up its...
South Carolina Court Throws Out Claims Over Softball Game Injury December 7, 2011 By Meg Kinnard People playing contact sports assume the risk they will be injured, South Carolina’s Supreme Court ruled this week, upholding a...
South Carolina Supreme Court Upholds Two-Tier Damages Cap June 13, 2011 South Carolina’s two-tier statutory cap on damages is constitutional, the state Supreme Court has ruled. In the same ruling, however,...