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8:34 am on Friday May 16, 2014
Bill limiting public’s ability to sue polluters moves forward in S.C. Senate
via The Sun News:
"The bill would eliminate the ability of private citizens to file lawsuits under the state’s Pollution Control Act for any pollution discovered after June 6, 2012. The bill is intended to clarify language included in a 2012...
3:40 pm on Saturday October 20, 2012
NAACP lawsuits target Myrtle Beach area restaurants (update: Molly Darcy case dismissed)
Jeff Brownell
Update October 20, 2012: The NAACP case against Molly Darcy's regarding an allegation over discrimination during Memorial Day Bike Fest was scheduled to be underway next week but the two parties have moved for a dismissal.
Molly's...
8:06 am on Wednesday May 2, 2012
YESCAROLINA AND MOTLEY RICE SUPPORT YOUNG LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS
Inaugural competition gives students opportunity to participate in business plan competitions
Students from four Charleston County schools will compete in a series of business plan competitions organized by Youth Entrepreneurship South Carolina (...
4:22 am on Tuesday September 13, 2011
Popular local restaurateur faces legal, financial trouble (Update: Settlement ordered)
Flickr user emma.kate
Update 2/26/2012: The Sun News reports that local endontist Wade Nichols was awarded a judgement of $8.6 million in his suit against Jack Divine.
Nichols has also filed against attorney Ross Lindsay who managed Nichols' pension...
11:36 am on Wednesday July 27, 2011
Widow of Hilton Head jogger struck by plane suing pilot (updated: NTSB reports findings)
Flickr user ackook
Updated July 27: The Island Packet has an update on this bizarre incident from last year where a jogger was killed on a Hilton Head beach when he was struck by a plane.
The National Safety Transportation Board has reported its...
10:24 am on Thursday March 24, 2011
Patient who sued after fall from Beaufort Memorial Hospital window denied retrial
Flickr user afsart
A man who fell out of the window of his fourth-story room at Beaufort Memorial Hospital and later lost his lawsuit claim of negligence against the hospital has been denied a retrial, according to court filings.
Danny Prince was...
7:00 am on Wednesday February 3, 2010
State legislators to discuss lawsuit limits to promote economic recovery
Image by Flickr user suburbandollar
South Carolina legislators are ready to discuss a new set of lawsuit limits that are being pitched as a way to help the state's economy recover by capping monetary awards in certain situations.
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