South Carolina Good Will Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Worden Evander Butler </h2> </center>
Florence, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interfering with the housing rights of his Black neighbors and using fire to commit a federal felony. On Nov. 24, 2023, Worden Evander Butler, 31, formerly of Conway, made a series of Facebook posts about his next-door neighbors, including that he would give “his racist neighbors . . . a good scare for ... More...
$ (04-24-2026 - 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)State of South Carolina v. Michael Trevor Barton
<h2><br> Spartanburg, South Carolina burglary criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> Michael Trevor Barton, age 32, was accused of committing a series of property crimes including stealing a BMW at gun point. <br> <br> The crimes were commited in and around Wellford, Ducan, Lyman and Landrum, South Carolina.<br> <br> Barton was charged with:<br> <br> Four counts of b... More...
$0 (10-24-2024 - SC)Brian Daniel v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
<h2><br> Columbia, South Carolina Electonic Fund Transfer Act violation consumer law lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> In the spring of 2007, Plaintiffs Paul Daniel and Margie Daniel refinanced their home located at 7821 Killdeer Way, Elk Grove, California, and entered into an Option Adjustable Rate Mortgage ("ARM") with World Savings Bank, which later became Wells Fargo Bank, N... More...
$1 (10-11-2024 - SC)Jo Ann Blackwell, et al. v. Mary Black Health System, LLC, et al.
<h2><br> Spartanburg, South Carolina health insurance lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> In this case, Insureds received medical treatment at Mary Black for injuries they sustained in automobile accidents. Insureds allege Providers sought payment for their services by submitting medical bills to Insureds and asserting liens against their third-party automobile accident claim... More...
$0 (09-18-2024 - SC)Vitzeslav Zeif v. Marina Aslanyan and SmartLinux Solutions, LLC
<h2><br> Charleston, South Carolina personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a negligence theory.<br> </h2><br> <br> This case was filed in the Charleston County Court of Common Pleas, 2024CP1001305, and was removed to federal court by the Defendants.<br> <br> The following facts are presented in SmartLinx Solutions, LLC's ("SmartLinxâ€) Verified Amended Complaint, and ... More...
$0 (07-03-2024 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Raymond Luke Garner </h1>
<b><h2><center><i><font color="red">San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a Pipe Bomb in Hospital Parking Garage.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b></h2><br> Man Who Possessed Pipe Bomb in Hospital Parking Garage Sentenced to Federal Prison<br> <br> A Jonestown man was sentenced in a federal court in Austin to 30 months in prison for possess... More...
$0 (03-15-2024 - SC)Delois Squirewell v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Columbia, South Carolina insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> This case was filed in the Court of Common Pleas Richland County, 2023-CP-40-02629, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.<br> <br> <br> South Carolina allows "Bad Faith†lawsuits involving first party insurance claims. "Bad faith†cl... More...
$1 (02-20-2024 - SC)The State v. Bruce Hill
Conway, South Carolina criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with first degree murder in 2005.<br> <br> <br> Appellant Bruce Hill was convicted of two murders and first-degree burglary, arising from a home invasion and double homicide in Horry County in 2005. He received concurrent life sentences for the murders and a concurrent thirty-year sentence for the burglary. Prior to Ap... More...
$0 (07-09-2014 - SC)United States of America v. Darnell Khan
Charleston, South Carolina criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with extort and defraud military members that was operated from the South Carolina Department of Correction (SCDC).<br> <br> While serving a 25-year sentence in SCDC for voluntary manslaughter and attempted armed robbery, Darnell Khan, age 39, smuggled smartphones into SCDC and used the internet to join internet dating w... More...
$0 (09-20-2022 - SC)Loretta Gilbert v. The United States of America
Florence, South Carolina personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant United States of America on a Government Tort Claims Act theory.<br> <br> <br> Plaintiff Loretta Gilbert, as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Anthony Lamont Johnson and on behalf of the wrongful death beneficiaries, for medical malpractice against The United States of America. The Plaintiff filed ... More...
$0 (05-23-2022 - SC)Jeffrey Schmalfeldt v. Foremost Insurance Company
Florence, South Carolina insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a breach of insurance contract theory claiming damages in excess of $75,000 as a direct result of the failure of the Defendant to pay Plaintiff's claim.<br> <br> This case was initially filed in the Horry County Court of Common Pleas, 2021-CP-26-0281811/08/2021 18 ORDER DISMISSING CASE without costs and with... More...
$0 (11-08-2021 - SC)United States of America v. Wesley Dallas Ayers
<center><br> <h1><br> <p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding: 0em;"><br> <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new">MoreLaw Helps People Find Lawyers</a><br> <font><br> </h1><br> </center><br> Greenville, SC - Anderson Man Sentenced to Over 30 Years in Federal Prison for Using Weapons of Mass Destruction <br> <br> Wesley Dallas Ayers, 27, of... More...
$0 (02-08-2019 - SC)United States of America v. Christopher O'Berry
Columbia, SC - Columbia Man Sentenced for Theft of Food Stamp Money<br> <br> Christopher O’Berry, age 43, of Columbia, was sentenced to 27 months in prison for Theft of Government Money, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, § 641. Senior United States District Judge Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., of Columbia, also ordered O’Berry to pay $1,039,981.75 in restitution to the United States. <... More...
$0 (03-18-2018 - SC)Deborah Meek Hickerson v. Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA
Deborah Meek Hickerson sustained serious internal injuries in a personal watercraft (“PWC”) accident and filed a complaint in the District of South Carolina against the manufacturers of the PWC, Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. and Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (collectively “Yamaha”). In her complaint, Hickerson alleged product liability claims under South Carolina law for design and warning def... More...
$0 (02-24-2018 - SC)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. LEONARD OLIVER <table> <td>
Leonard Oliver pleaded guilty to attempt to possess with intent to distribute 500 <br> grams or more of cocaine and was sentenced to ten years in prison, the mandatory minimum <br> sentence for the offense given his criminal record. See 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(b)(1)(B), 846.1 <br> The district court entered its judgment on September 30, 2011. The following year, Oliver <br> filed a tLeonard Oliver p... More...
$0 (12-20-2017 - SC)Timothy Nelson Evans a/k/a Timothy N. Evans a/k/a Timothy Evans a/k/a Tim Evans v. State of Mississippi <table> <td>
Evidence adduced at trial revealed that in the spring of 2009, Evans moved into<br> Holling’s home as her tenant. The two previously had been romantically involved, but that<br> relationship had ceased before Evans moved in with seventy-year-old Holling. On the<br> morning of January 2, 2010, fifty-two-year-old Evans and his friend, Joe Thomas, were on<br> the way to perform a carpet-cleaning jo... More...
$0 (06-19-2017 - SC)<b>Louis Michael Winkler, Jr. v. State of South Carolina</b>
On the evening of the murder, Winkler kicked in the door to his estranged wife's home, knocked her son to the ground, and shot her in the face, killing her instantly. In addition to murder, Winkler was convicted of first-degree burglary and assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. We described the specific facts of the crimes in our opinion affirming the convictions and death sentenc... More...
$0 (11-23-2016 - SC)United States of America v. David Paul Fuller
Columbia, SC - Greenwood Man Pleads Guilty to Child Porn Charges<br> <br> David Paul Fuller, age 55, of Greenwood, pled guilty to possession of child pornography, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252A. United States District Judge Timothy M. Cain of Anderson accepted the plea and will impose sentence after he has reviewed the presentence report which will be prepared by the... More...
$0 (09-28-2016 - 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)Meredith Huffman v. Sunshine Recycling, LLC and Aiken Electric Cooperative, Inc.
On May 16, 2010, an unidentified black male broke into Aiken's Orangeburg facility. Shortly thereafter, a white Ford F-150 truck was seen leaving the facility's parking lot. The next day, Mark Goss, Aiken's Loss Control and Safety Coordinator, viewed the surveillance video and advised Deputy Maurice Huggins of the Orangeburg County Sheriff's Department that several pounds of solid copper and sever... More...
$0 (06-22-2016 - SC)In the Matter of the Estate of Marion M. Kay Edward D. Sullivan, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Marion M. Kay v. Martha Brown and Mary Moses
This appeal arises out of Appellant's administration of the Estate of Marion Milam Kay who passed away on May 3, 2007. In her last will and testament, Kay appointed Appellant to serve as her personal representative (PR). As PR for the Estate, Appellant was charged with the responsibility of distributing Kay's assets, and in turn, Kay's will granted Appellant "reasonable compensation for the ser... More...
$0 (06-22-2016 - SC)Kenneth Simmons v. State of South Carolina
Petitioner Kenneth Simmons was convicted and sentenced for the 1996 murder and criminal sexual assault of an 89-year-old Summerville woman. Petitioner sought post-conviction relief (PCR), which was granted in part. Because Petitioner is intellectually disabled, the PCR court vacated Petitioner's death sentence and imposed a sentence of life without parole, a matter which is not before us. See Atk... More...
$0 (06-21-2016 - SC)The State Of South Carolina v. Daniel J. Jenkins
In 2006, H.M. (the victim) lived by herself in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. At the time, she worked for a local bakery, to which she commuted by bicycle or bus. During her commute, the victim frequently passed Jabbers, a local grocery store, and casually greeted the people loitering outside, many of whom lived in the area and often gathered there. Although the victim did not know any of t... More...
$0 (12-28-2015 - SC)Bass v. S.C. Dep't of Soc. Servs
Diane and Otis Bass are married and have three children: Brittany, Hanna, and Alex. All three children have special needs, but Hanna and Alex are also autistic. Otis works outside the home, and Diane cares for the children. <br> Due to their forms of autism and their other cognitive issues, both Hanna and Alex were prescribed Clonidine to help them sleep at night, in addition to other medication... More...
$0 (12-05-2015 - SC)Freeman v. J.L.H. Investments
Julie Freeman, individually and on behalf of 5,314 similarly situated car buyers, filed a lawsuit against J.L.H. Investments, LP, a/k/a Hendrick Honda of Easley ("Hendrick"), seeking damages under the South Carolina Dealers Act1 (the "Dealers Act") on the ground that Hendrick "unfairly" and "arbitrarily" charged all of its customers "closing fees"2 that were not calculated to reimburse Hendrick ... More...
$0 (11-06-2015 - SC)Latoya Brown v. Dick Smith Nissan, Inc
Shortly after graduating from college, Brown went to Dick Smith to buy a car and was assisted by Hiller. She informed him that she wanted to pay no more than $250 per month for a car payment. Hiller showed Brown pictures of preowned cars on his computer. Brown selected a Mazda 6 and Hiller prepared a buyer's order for the Mazda 6. He then directed Brown to the finance department. Brown talked ... More...
$0 (08-09-2015 - SC)Amber Johnson v. Stanley E. Alexander
Alexander acted as Johnson's closing attorney when she purchased a home in North Charleston on September 14, 2006. The title examination for the home had been performed by attorney Charles Feeley at the request of Johnson's previous attorney, Mario Inglese. Alexander purchased the title work from Inglese and relied on this title exam in concluding there were no back taxes owed on the property. T... More...
$0 (07-31-2015 - SC)United States of America ex rel. Michael K. Drakeford, M.D.
In a qui tam action in which the government intervened, a jury determined that Tuomey Healthcare System, Inc., did not violate the False Claims Act ("FCAâ€), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-33 (2012).1 The district court, however, vacated the jury's verdict and granted the government a new trial after concluding that it had erroneously excluded excerpts of a Tuomey executive's deposition testimony. T... More...
$0 (07-02-2015 - SC)Calvin Barton v. House of Raeford Farmers, Inc. d/b/a Columbia Farms
Numerous former employees and some current employees of House of Raeford Farms, Inc., d/b/a Columbia Farms, Inc., ("Columbia Farmsâ€), a chicken processor in Greenville, South Carolina, commenced three separate actions against Columbia Farms, asserting two types of claims: first, for the payment of unpaid wages, withheld in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSAâ€), 29 U.S.C. �... More...
$0 (03-12-2014 - SC)James G. Blakely, a/k/a Jimmy G. Blakely v. Robert Wards
With the Prisoner Litigation Reform Act ("PLRAâ€), Congress sought to reduce the number of frivolous lawsuits flooding the federal courts. Congress did so in part by enacting 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), a "three-strikes†statute providing that if a prisoner has already had three cases dismissed as frivolous, malicious, or for failure to state a claim for which relief may be granted, the pri... More...
$0 (10-24-2013 - SC)Shannon Ranucci v. Corey K. Crain
Three years after suffering a collapsed lung following a medical procedure, Shannon Ranucci filed a Notice of Intent to File Suit (Notice) against Corey K. Crain, M.D. Ranucci subsequently filed an affidavit of a medical expert. The circuit court granted Dr. Crain's motion to dismiss Ranucci's Notice for failure to file the medical expert's affidavit timely. Ranucci appeals, arguing the circuit... More...
$0 (01-25-2012 - SC)Elizabeth Fettler v. Frederick Genter
In this civil action for negligence and damages as a result of a vehicular accident, Elizabeth Fettler argues the trial court erred in (1) denying her motion for a directed verdict and judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) on the issue of Frederick Gentner's negligence, and (2) presenting an erroneous and prejudicial charge to the jury as a result of the denial of her directed verdict motion... More...
$0 (01-25-2012 - SC)William T. Jervey v. Martint Environmental, Inc.
Martint Environmental, Inc. (Martint) and General Casualty Insurance Company (collectively, Appellants) appeal the circuit court's order vacating in part and affirming in part the order of the Appellate Panel of the Workers' Compensation Commission, arguing the court erred in finding: (1) section 42-9-260 of the South Carolina Code is a time bar for raising a defense against compensability; (2) Wi... More...
$0 (01-25-2012 - SC)Henry Dinkins v. Lowe's Home Centers, Inc.
In this worker's compensation action, Henry Dinkins appeals the circuit court's decision that there is substantial evidence in the record to support the Appellate Panel of the Worker's Compensation Commission's (Appellate Panel) finding he is not entitled to total disability pursuant to section 42-9-10 of the South Carolina Code (1985). Specifically, Dinkins contends the Appellate Panel erred in... More...
$0 (01-04-2012 - SC)Adrienne Hennes v. John Shaw
This appeal stems from a previously-litigated dispute between two upstate realtors over the sale and commission of a parcel of real estate on Lake Keowee. John Shaw (Mr. Shaw) claims the circuit court committed reversible error when it denied his motion for directed verdict on Adrienne Hennes' (Ms. Hennes) claim for breach of contract and when it granted Ms. Hennes' motion for directed verdict on... More...
$0 (02-29-2012 - SC)Beau D. Cranford v. Hutchinson Construction
In this workers' compensation appeal, Beau Cranford (Cranford) challenges the Appellate Panel of the Workers' Compensation Commission's (Appellate Panel) findings that he was not entitled to temporary disability compensation, permanent partial disability compensation, and additional medical treatment for injuries he incurred while working for his employer, Hutchinson Construction (Hutchinson). Ad... More...
$0 (02-08-2012 - SC)Marilee B. Fairchild v. South Carolina Department of Transportation
This Court granted a petition for a writ of certiorari to review the decision in Fairchild v. South Carolina Department of Transportation, 385 S.C. 344, 683 S.E.2d 818 (Ct. App. 2009). The Court of Appeals affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded for a new trial a negligence action arising from a motor vehicle accident. In relevant part, the Court of Appeals determined (1) Marilee Fairch... More...
$0 (04-11-2012 - SC)16 Jade Street, LLC v. R. Design Construction Co., LLC
This case presents the novel question of whether a member of a limited liability company can be held personally liable for torts committed while acting in furtherance of the company's business. We hold the General Assembly did not intend the LLC act to shield a member from liability for his own torts. <br><br>FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND<br><br>Carl R. Aten, Jr., and his wife are the only member... More...
$0 (04-04-2012 - SC)Shannon Ranucci v. Corey K. Crain
Three years after suffering a collapsed lung following a medical procedure, Shannon Ranucci filed a Notice of Intent to File Suit (Notice) against Corey K. Crain, M.D. Ranucci subsequently filed an affidavit of a medical expert. The circuit court granted Dr. Crain's motion to dismiss Ranucci's Notice for failure to file the medical expert's affidavit timely. Ranucci appeals, arguing the circuit... More...
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