COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - The South Carolina Supreme Court last month said it will not reconsider its decision to not hear a case in which retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. was accused of negligently hiring and retaining an employee with a criminal history.
Meierhenry PIERRE, S.D. (Legal Newsline) - The South Dakota Supreme last week ruled that an insurance provider must cover a business' claim for expenses to fix a sagging ceiling.
Justice Kaye Hearn wrote, "In our view, the good faith willingness of medical providers to identify the existence of sexual abuse should not be chilled or otherwise compromised by subjecting them to malpractice actions." COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - The South Carolina Supreme Court has upheld a lower court's ruling in favor of a doctor who allegedly misdiagnosed a 4-year-old girl as a victim of sexual abuse.
Toal COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - The South Carolina Supreme Court, in an opinion re-filed earlier this week, upheld a previous ruling that an $18 million jury verdict against car manufacturer Ford Motor Co. must be reversed.
Kittredge COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - An auto dealership was right to request arbitration but should not have entered into an agreement forbidding class action lawsuits, the South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled.
McMaster COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - Communication among the nation's state attorneys general can be kept confidential under the attorney-client privilege, the South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled.
Toal COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - The South Carolina Supreme Court has struck down an $18 million verdict against Ford, finding that an expert for the plaintiffs wasn't much of an expert.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's recent experience with federal stimulus funds left him wondering what role state governments play in the Obama administration.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - The South Carolina Supreme Court will determine if Gov. Mark Sanford must bow to the General Assembly and accept nearly $700 million in federal stimulus funds.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - The South Carolina Supreme Court won't hear a challenge to Gov. Mark Sanford's decision not to accept $700 million in federal stimulus funds.
Beatty COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - The operators of casino boats do not have to report their overall earnings to the state, the South Carolina Supreme Court decided Monday.
Judge John C. Few COLUMBIA -- What was a three-way race to fill the seat of a retiring justice on the South Carolina Supreme Court is suddenly down to two with under a week until the vote.
Pleicones COLUMBIA, S.C. - In clearing up a Workers' Compensation issue, the South Carolina Supreme Court decided one of the state's circuit courts tried to get a little too fancy with the law.