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State law keeps controversial S.C. asbestos judge on bench after judicial retirement age of 72
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) – A South Carolina Bar official points to a statute in the state’s Code of Laws explaining that retired judges or justices may preside in certain courts – even after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 72 – as the reason for Judge Jean Hoefer Toal’s present, part-time service on the bench at the age of 81.