South Carolina Education Law
Kimberly S. Carder v. Metso USA, Inc.
Columbia, South Carolina civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an Americans with Disabilities Act theory.<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a landmark civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in various areas of public life. It ensures equal opportunities for people with disabilities in employment, public se... More...
$1 (06-24-2025 - SC)Andrew Pampu v. Erin Wingo, David Wingo, and Colin J. Gahagan
Pickens, South Carolina personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a defamation theory.<br> <br> The genesis of this troubling litigation is a night of drunkenness at a college fraternity party on October 24, 2015. Prior to attending this party, Ms. Wingo, a 5'2" Clemson freshman weighing between 114 and 118 pounds, consumed approximately nine 1.5-ounce shots of alcohol at a fri... More...
$0 (06-13-2025 - SC)E.R. v. Beaufort County School District
Beaufordt, South Carolina civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Title IX theory alleging<br> that Appellee failed to appropriately respond to her reports of sexual abuse and harassment while she was a student.<br> <br> Title IX prohibits sex discrimination by recipients of federal education funding. The statute provides that "[n]o person in the United States shall, on the bas... More...
$0 (06-13-2025 - SC)Tracy W. Penland v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Anderson, South Carolina insurance lawyer lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking restoration of long-term disability benefits.<br> <br> Penland stopped working in August 2015 following complications from colon surgery and various other conditions. He pplied for long-term disability benefits from his employer, and in February 2016, those benefits were approved. Under the terms of his employer's l... More...
$0 (06-13-2025 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Daqua Lameek Ritter </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Columbia, South Carolina Criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Killing a Transgender Woman Because of Her Gender Identity.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> </h3></center></i><br> <br> After a four-day trial in a federal hate crime case, a jury found a South Carolina man, Daqua Lameek Ritter, guil... More...
$0 (02-26-2024 - SC)United States of America v. Donna Faye Shird and Felicia Renee Shird
Florence, SC - The United States of America charged Donna Faye Shird and Felice Renee Shird with preparing and filing false income tax returns.<br> <br> Donna Faye Shird, age 41, and Felicia Renee Shird, age 42, both of Florence, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to aid in the preparation and filing of false federal income tax returns. Chief United States District Judge R. Bryan Harwe... More...
$0 (12-04-2019 - SC)BOBBY JAMES MOORE v. TEXAS <table> <td>
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$0 (03-28-2017 - SC)<b>James D. Robertson v. State of South Carolina</b>
On March 26, 1999, Petitioner was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1997 murder of his parents, armed robbery, and financial transaction card fraud. Over the course of the next four years, Petitioner filed a direct appeal through appointed counsel, moved to relieve appointed appellate counsel, and filed a pro se appeal to this Court on July 25, 2003. Ultimately, following a judicial determ... More...
$0 (12-16-2016 - SC)United States of America v. Mark Anthony Stone
Columbia, SC - Felon Responsible for Three State Police Chase Sentenced to 71 Months Imprisonment on Firearm Charge<br> <br> Mark Anthony Stone, age 32, of Rabun, Georgia was sentenced for one count of Felon in Possession of a Firearm, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). United States District Judge Timothy M. Cain of Anderson sentenced Stone to seventy-one months imprisonment, three years of sup... More...
$0 (10-05-2016 - SC)United States of America v. Benita Dinkins-Robinson
Columbia, SC - Former Charter School Director Sentenced to 42 Months for Embezzling Government Funds<br> <br> Benita Dinkins-Robinson, age 40, of Bishopville, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court in Columbia, South Carolina, for embezzling government funds in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 641. United States Chief District Judge Terry Wooten sentenced Dinkins-Robinson to 42 months’ impriso... More...
$0 (08-26-2015 - SC)United States of America v. Marcus Dalton Hemingway and James Earl Spain II
COLUMBIA, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles, stated today that Marcus Dalton Hemingway and James Earl Spain, II, both of Conway, entered guilty pleas on drug conspiracy charges in federal court in Florence late yesterday afternoon. Hemingway and Spain were indicted earlier this year by a federal grand jury in a superseding indictment charging conspiracy to possess cocaine an... More...
$0 (07-15-2015 - SC)United States of America v. Daniel L. Maguire
Columbia, SC - Charleston Man Receives 30 Months for Child Pornography Possession<br> <br> Daniel L. Maguire, III, age 71, of Charleston, South Carolina, was sentenced on, July 21, 2015 [J&C signed 7/22 and filed 7/23] in federal court in Charleston, for possession of child pornography, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2255A(a)(5)(B). Senior United States District Judge Sol Bla... More...
$0 (07-26-2015 - SC)United States of America v. Megan Nichole Hanson Mosteller
Megan Hanson Mosteller was charged with theft of government funds, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 641. As a result of evidentiary problems occurring during her trial, Mosteller moved for a mistrial, which the district court granted on the condition that she waive her rights under the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 3161 through 3174 (the Speedy Trial Act, or the Act). More than 70 days after ... More...
$0 (02-04-2014 - SC)Robert Crossland v. Shirley Crossland
Robert Crossland (Husband) appeals the family court's order awarding Shirley Crossland (Wife) (1) periodic alimony in the amount of $958.50 per month, (2) forty percent of the marital estate, and (3) $16,024.50 in attorney's fees. On appeal, Husband argues the family court erred in awarding Wife alimony, forty percent of the marital estate, and attorney's fees. In addition, Husband argues the fa... More...
$0 (03-07-2012 - SC)George Way v. Mary Way
George Way (Husband) appeals the family court's order granting him a divorce from Mary Way (Wife), arguing the family court erred in ordering him to pay Wife $20,000 as part of the equitable division of marital property and $500 per month in alimony. We affirm as modified.<br><br>FACTS<br><br>Husband and Wife married in 1978 and separated in 2005 when Husband moved out. The parties had no children... More...
$0 (05-09-2012 - SC)Robert Crossland v. Shirley Crossland
Robert Crossland (Husband) appeals the family court's order awarding Shirley Crossland (Wife) (1) periodic alimony in the amount of $958.50 per month, (2) forty percent of the marital estate, and (3) $16,024.50 in attorney's fees. On appeal, Husband argues the family court erred in awarding Wife alimony, forty percent of the marital estate, and attorney's fees. In addition, Husband argues the fa... More...
$0 (03-07-2012 - SC)Maurice E. Meyer, III v. Michael J. Astrue
After suffering severe injuries in an accidental fall, Maurice Eugene Meyer applied for Social Security disability insurance benefits. An administrative law judge ("ALJ") denied the claim, noting that Meyer failed to provide an opinion from his treating physician. When Meyer requested review of his claim by the Appeals Council, he submitted a letter from his treating physician detailing the injuri... More...
$0 (12-02-2011 - SC)Tony L. Pope v. Heritage Communities, Inc.
Heritage Communities, Inc. (HCI), Heritage Riverwalk, Inc. (HRI), and BuildStar Corporation (collectively, Appellants) appeal the jury's verdicts in these consolidated construction defect actions. We affirm.<br><br>FACTS<br><br>Construction on Riverwalk Development (Riverwalk), a condominium complex in Horry County, began in June 1997 and was completed in December 1999. Riverwalk included 228 un... More...
$0 (09-14-2011 - SC)Gloria Pittman v. Jetter Pittman
In this divorce action, Jetter Pittman (Husband) appeals the award of alimony to Gloria Pittman (Wife), the identification and equitable division of the marital property, and the award of attorney's fees. We affirm in part and reverse in part. <br><br>FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY<br><br>The parties met in 1991 and married April 29, 2000. This was the second marriage for each. No children were b... More...
$0 (08-03-2011 - SC)Gloria Pittman v. Jetter Pittman and Pittman Professional Land Surveying, Inc.
In this divorce action, Jetter Pittman (Husband) appeals the award of alimony to Gloria Pittman (Wife), the identification and equitable division of the marital property, and the award of attorney's fees. We affirm in part and reverse in part. <br><br>FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY<br><br>The parties met in 1991 and married April 29, 2000. This was the second marriage for each. No children were b... More...
$0 (08-03-2011 - SC)Andria Priestley v. Michael J. Astrue, Commissioners of Social Security
The plaintiffs in these three cases prevailed in district court on their appeals from the Social Security Administration's denial of their claims for disability benefits, and then, as prevailing parties, filed motions under the Equal Access to Justice Act ("EAJA"), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), for "fees and other expenses." In the motions, the plaintiffs sought reimbursement for the attorneys fees of P... More...
$0 (07-07-2011 - SC)Karen Harris v. The University of South Carolina
Karen Harris appeals the jury's verdict in favor of the University of South Carolina (the University) on her negligence claim for damages resulting from injuries she suffered in a fall on University property. Harris argues the trial court erred in (1) charging the jury on the Limitation on Liability of Landowners Act, commonly known as the Recreational Use Statute (the RUS)[1], (2) charging she c... More...
$0 (02-03-2011 - SC)Donald C. Austin v. Stokes-Craven Holding Corp., d/b/a Stokes Craven Ford
Donald C. Austin (Austin) filed suit against Stokes-Craven Holding Corporation d/b/a Stokes-Craven Ford (Stokes-Craven), an automobile dealership, after he experienced problems with his used vehicle and discovered the vehicle had sustained extensive damage prior to the sale. A jury found in favor of Austin and awarded him $26,371.10 in actual damages and $216,600 in punitive damages.<br><br>Stoke... More...
$0 (03-09-2010 - SC)R.O. Levy v. Lexington County, South Carolina
This appeal arises from a district court's order holding that the school board election system of Lexington County, South Carolina, violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 ("Section 2"). Appellant Lexington County School District Three Board of Trustees (the "School Board") argues that the district court erred in its analysis by considering only the elections that ... More...
$0 (12-24-2009 - SC)Super Duper Inc., dba Super Duper Publications v. Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Company, The Travelers Indemnity Company of America, and Travelers Property Casualty Company of America
The United States District Court for the District of South Carolina presents certified questions concerning commercial general liability (CGL) insurance policies. We are asked, as an issue of first impression in South Carolina, whether the respective policies' inclusion of an advertising injury may encompass trademark infringement. Generally, based on the policy terms before us, we answer in the... More...
$0 (09-14-2009 - SC)Brian and Robin Wilson, individually and as next friends of Sierra Wilson v. Piedmont Medical Centre
Exactly one year after a little 4-year-old girl with cerebral palsy died from complications, a jury ordered the Piedmont Medical Centre in South Carolina to pay $4.4 million in damages to her grieving family. "If the medical malpractice award in this case seems large it's because the damages to the child in this case were horrendous,†says attorney Kenneth Suggs.<br> <br> Little Sierra Wilso... More...
$4400000 (02-21-2009 - SC)Jonathan S. McCall v. IKON, d/b/a IKON Educational Services
Jonathan S. McCall appeals from an order of the circuit court finding him entitled to damages of $24,379.33 on his breach of contract action against IKON Educational Services. We affirm.<br><br>FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL HISTORY<br><br>This matter originally came before this court on IKON's appeal from the denial of relief from a default judgment against it and in favor of McCall. Finding IKON did not r... More...
$0 (12-12-2008 - SC)Randall S. Page v. Lexington County School District One
Lexington County School District One, a "body politic and corporate" under South Carolina law, used its website, e-mail, and other forms of communication to urge opposition to the Put Parents In Charge Act, a bill pending in the South Carolina legislature that proposed tax credits for private and home schooling. The School District believed that the bill, if enacted, would tend to undermine p... More...
$0 (06-24-2008 - SC)Myriam Therese Marquez v. David L. Caudill, et al.
This is a case involving custody and visitation issues. Amy Caudill gave birth to Jason in October 1992. Jason's biological father is David Storm; however, he has never been involved in Jason's life. When Jason was a toddler, Amy married respondent/appellant (hereinafter referred to as Stepfather)[1] in February 1994. Amy gave birth to Kathryn (Katie) Caudill in December 1999. Katie's father ... More...
$0 (01-22-2008 - SC)Susie CORNELIUS, individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Respondent, v. OCONEE COUNTY, Appellant.
<P>In 1976, Oconee County electors approved a referendum authorizing the County to own and operate a wastewater treatment facility, but limiting funding for this service to three sources and limiting service to "portions of Oconee County." Oconee County appeals a circuit court order holding that these restrictions apply to any expansion of County's sewer system, and awarding respondent Corne... More...
$0 (06-24-2006 - SC)<a href="http://pacer.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinion.pdf/011364.P.pdf" target="_new">MM, et al. v. School District of Greenville County a/k/a Greenville County Public Schools</a>
The School District of Greenville County, South Carolina ("the District"), has appealed the district court's ruling that the 1995-96 Individualized Education Program ("IEP") of student MM 1 failed to provide her with a statutorily mandated "free appropriate public edu-cation." MM v. Sch. Dist., C/A No.: 3:98-2971-17, Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law (D.S.C. Aug. 17, 2000) (the "Opini... More...
$0 (09-06-2002 - SC)<a href="http://www.law.sc.edu/ctapp/3427.htm" target="_new">Roderick Means v. Richard Gates</a>
This is a negligence action in which Roderick Means obtained a verdict of $25,000 against Richard Gates for injuries he sustained in an automobile accident. Means appeals, alleging the trial court erred in excluding the testimony of his expert witness, a neuropsychologist, which was offered to rebut Gates' implication that Means' physical symptoms were not genuine. Means contends the exclusion of... More...
$25000 (12-31-2001 - SC)<a href="http://www.judicial.state.sc.us/opinions/displayOpinion.cfm?caseNo=25439" target="_new">In the Matter of Larry S. Drayton</a>.
In this attorney disciplinary matter, respondent and Disciplinary Counsel have entered into an Agreement for Discipline by Consent pursuant to Rule 21, RLDE, Rule 413, SCACR. In the Agreement, respondent admits misconduct and consents to the imposition of any sanction deemed appropriate by this Court. We accept the Agreement and impose a definite suspension of ninety days from the practice of law.... More...
$0 (04-08-2002 - SC)<a href="http://www.law.sc.edu/opinions/25364.htm" target="_new">Tench v. The South Carolina Board of Education</a>
This appeal is from a trial court's Order granting relief under Rule 60(b)(1) and Rule 60(b)(5), SCRCP, and an Order granting summary judgment. The trial court found a father could not recover under the South Carolina Tort Claims Act, S.C. Code Ann. §§ 15-78-10 to 15-78-200 (Supp. 2000) (the "Act"), for medical expenses resulting from injuries to his son, who was the legal age of majority at the... More...
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