COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - A high school football coach who was demoted after adopting a disastrous “no punt” strategy can keep $200,000 a jury awarded him in a lawsuit over an email criticizing his paperwork skills, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - Answering for the first time the question of whether a company can be liable for hiring the wrong independent contractor, the South Carolina Supreme Court said “yes.”
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - A nonprofit organization can challenge South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson’s transfer of $75 million in contingency fees to outside lawyers, the state’s highest court ruled, saying it was “an issue of public importance” because the AG may make several other such transfers including fees associated with a $300 million settlement of opioid claims.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) – The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled against restaurants seeking to recover the financial drain of the COVID-19 pandemic from their insurers.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) – Target will still be liable for injuries a little girl suffered when she picked up a hypodermic needle in one of its parking lots but a $4.5 million punitive damages award will likely be reduced.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) – An asbestos defendant hoping to invoke the Workers’ Compensation process in South Carolina has failed and will instead be on the hook for a $16 million verdict.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - A teacher who claims school administrators engaged in a civil conspiracy to have her fired for reporting a student to the police will have another shot at proving her case after the South Carolina Supreme Court overturned its own precedent.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - Ford might be found liable for the wrongful death of a man who committed suicide after being injured by an automotive airbag, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled in a decision advising a federal appeals court on a disputed question of state law.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - Plaintiffs dismissed a pair of talc lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson before the question of whether they should be combined in a single trial was presented to the South Carolina Supreme Court, postponing a decision on a practice defendants say unfairly prejudices them with jurors.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) – The South Carolina Supreme Court affirmed a circuit court’s decision over the battle to use evidence of alleged negligent hiring of security personnel in a lawsuit over the death of the sister of an alleged shoplifter at a Walmart.
The Washington Legal Foundation recently filed a friend-of-the-court brief to support the overturning of a $124 million South Carolina Supreme Court decision regarding the information drug manufacturers share with doctors about the potential side effects of drugs.
The car dealership, on appeal, argued the trial judge misinterpreted the “closing fee” term, and that the case shouldn’t have reached the trial phase to begin with.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) -- The South Carolina Supreme Court, in a ruling last week, revived a lawsuit filed by home builders against a school district for so-called "impact fees" on new homes built in the district.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) -- The South Carolina Supreme Court, in a ruling last week, sided with a mega landfill in a case brought against it by residents who complained of its odors.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) -- The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled this week that the state's sales and use tax exemption and cap scheme, as a whole, does not violate the state constitution's equal protection guarantee and prohibition against special legislation.
Toal COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - South Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Jean Toal said Wednesday that a strong courts system will help draw businesses into the state.
Hearn COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled this week that a couple, left severely injured after an accident stemming from a damaged traffic signal, is entitled to a combined jury verdict of $1.2 million.
