South Carolina Intentional Interference with Contractual relations Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jerome Sydney Heyward </h2> </center>
Charleston, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with interference with commerce by threats or violence. Jerome Sydney Heyward, 63, a former North Charleston City Councilmember, has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for extortion, bribery, and money laundering. Mike A. Brown, 47, former North Charleston City Council Member, has been sentence... More...
$ (07-03-2026 - SC)<H2> State of South Carolina v. Tony Middleton
Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represents the Dfendant, Tony Middleton, 35, charged with murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and possession of a weapon by a prohibited person. A.I. Google: In South Carolina, "first-degree murder" isn't a distinct statutory term; rather, murder is defined as a killing with malice aforethought, leading to penalties of 30 ye... More...
$ (12-30-2025 - SC)Henry James Brown v. Garrett M. Becker
<h2><br> Charleston, South Carolina, excessive force injury civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> <h2><br> <br> Plaintiff Henry James Brown alleged that Defendant Police Officer Garret M. Becker drove over his foot with his patrol car breaking Plaintiff's left ankle. Plaintiff attempted to bring a civil action against Defendant in state court but failed to file a proper complaint. Pla... More...
$0 (10-16-2024 - 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)Thomas Goggin v. Blythe Construction, Inc., et al.
Spartanburg, South Carolina personal injury truck wreck lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on auto negligence wrongful death theories claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages and/or injuries as a direct result of the deaht of Karen Marie Goggin.<br> <br> Navigating the Legal Landscape of South Carolina Wrongful Death is complicated.<br> <br> Dealing with the af... More...
$0 (12-22-2023 - SC)Webster J. Sessions v. Stephen Brantley Danzey and United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
Columbia, South Carolina personal injury car wreck lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on auto negligence, wrongful death, and underinsured motorist theories claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages and injuries as a direct result of the death of Louise R. Peterson.<br> <br> Navigating the Legal Landscape of South Carolina Wrongful Death<br> <br> Dealing with th... More...
$1 (12-22-2023 - SC)The State of South Carolina v. Kenneth Lamont Robinson, Jr.
Charleston, South Carolina criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant charged with murder and attempted murder.<br> <br> Shortly after midnight, in the early morning hours of May 10, 2015, Richard <br> Simmons contacted the North Charleston Police Department to report gunshots. <br> While Simmons was talking to Robinson, Kelly Green, and Latrell Hamilton <br> outside of Robinson's home, a movi... More...
$0 (01-11-2023 - SC)<H2> Sheila Webb v. Leon Lott, et al. </H2>
Columbia, South Carolina prisoner civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.C. 1983.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/southcarolina/news/columbia/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Columbia</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> </center><br> <br> This matter ... More...
$0 (01-17-2023 - SC)United States of America v. Brandon Thompson
Columbia, South Carolina Hobbs Act violation criminal defense lawyer represented Brandon Thompson, age 33, who was charged with conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. <br> <br> Evidence presented to the court showed that on the early morning hours of December 30, 2017, deputies with the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department responded t... More...
$0 (11-24-2020 - SC)Constance M. Huff and Ray Huff v. Timothy Craig Groshans and XPO Express, Inc. and Cliffside Transportation Services LLC
Charleston, SC - Jacqueline Ann McCann, deceased, by and through her Personal Representatives<br> personal representative Jacqueline Ann McCann, Constance M. Huff and Ray Huff v. Timothy Craig Groshans and XPO Express, Inc. and Cliffside Transportation Services LLC on personal injury, wrongful death, auto negligence and respondea superior theories.<br> <br> <P><br> 09/04/2018 349 MEMORANDUM OF L... More...
$0 (09-07-2018 - SC)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. WILLIS TERRANCE DORSEY <table> <td>
In reviewing a district court’s ruling on a motion to suppress, we review the court’s factual findings for clear error, and its legal conclusions de novo.” United States v. Cain, 524 F.3d 477, 481 (4th Cir. 2008). When the district court denies a defendant’s suppression motion, we construe “the evidence in the light most favorable to the [G]overnment.” United States v. Grossman,... More...
$0 (08-02-2018 - SC)Rebecca Groves v. Communications Workers of America and AT&T Mobility, LLC
Section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185, allows litigants to bring “[s]uits for violation of contracts between an employer and a labor organization” in federal district court. Usually, an employee who wants to sue his employer for a violation of a collective bargaining agreement must first exhaust the contractual remedies in that agreement. Republic Steel Corp. v. M... More...
$0 (03-04-2016 - SC)Joshua Fay v. Total Quality Logistics, LLC <table> <td>
TQL is based in Ohio and provides motor carrier transport and related services including logistics and brokerage services. TQL offered Fay employment as a Logistics Sales Account Executive in November 2012. The offer of employment informed Fay he was "required to complete, sign, and return a TQL noncompete/non-disclosure agreement on [his] first day of employment." Fay accepted the offer of emp... More...
$0 (04-02-2017 - SC)The Right Reverend Charles G. Vonrosenberg v. The Right Reverend Mark J. Lawrence
This dispute between two clergymen — each claiming to be the Bishop of The<br> Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of South Carolina — comes to us a second<br> time. Bishop Charles G. vonRosenberg initiated this action, seeking declaratory and<br> injunctive relief. He alleges that Bishop Mark J. Lawrence has violated the Lanham Act<br> by falsely advertising himself to be the Bishop of... More...
$0 (02-22-2017 - SC)<b>The State v. Alexander L. Hunsberger</b></h2.
Petitioner Alexander L. Hunsberger (Alex) was sentenced to thirty-three years' incarceration for his part in the murder of Samuel Sturrup. Alex argued on appeal that the trial judge erred in denying his speedy trial motion. The Court of Appeals affirmed. State v. Hunsberger, Op. No. 2014UP-381 (S.C. Ct. App. filed Nov. 5, 2014). We granted Alex's petition for a writ of certiorari to review the C... More...
$0 (10-30-2016 - SC)<b>The State Of South Carolina v. Alexander L. Hunsberger</b></h2.
Alex argues that his right to a speedy trial under both the United States and South Carolina Constitutions was violated, and therefore, his murder charge should be dismissed. We analyze the issue under the Sixth Amendment, and agree. <br> <br> The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides, "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public tr... More...
$0 (10-17-2016 - SC)Gregory W. Smith and Stephanie Smith v. D.R. Horton, Inc., Tom's Vinyl Siding, LLC, Lutzen Construction, Inc., Boozer Lumber Company, All American Roofing, Inc., Myers Landscaping, Inc., Defendants
D.R. Horton is a corporation specializing in residential construction. In March 2005, the Smiths entered into a home purchase agreement (the Agreement) with D.R. Horton for the design and construction of a new home in Summerville, South Carolina. The Agreement is organized into numbered paragraphs and lettered subparagraphs, and sets forth the various responsibilities of the parties prior to and ... More...
$0 (07-09-2016 - 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)Palmetto Mortuary Transport v. Knight Systems, Inc.
Knight Systems, owned and operated by Buddy, engaged primarily in the mortuary transport business until 2007. On January 5, 2007, Knight Systems entered into an asset purchase agreement (the Agreement) with Palmetto, a business owned by Donald and Ellen Lintal. Pursuant to the Agreement, Knight Systems sold various tangible assets, goodwill, and customer accounts—including body removal service c... More...
$0 (05-14-2016 - SC)Stephen Smalls v. State of South Carolina
In 2000, a grand jury indicted Petitioner for armed robbery resulting from the robbery of a Bojangles restaurant in Columbia. At trial, Eugene Green testified that on the night of the robbery, he was helping his manager, Jim Lightner, close the restaurant when Petitioner ran through the door with a shotgun. Green stated Petitioner did not wear a mask. Petitioner ordered Lightner to open the safe,... More...
$0 (03-06-2016 - SC)Thompson v. Pruitt Corporation
On January 11, 2011, Respondent, Mae Ruth Davis Thompson (Daughter), and her brother, Andrew Phillip Davis (Son), had their mother, Eula Mae Davis (Mother), transferred from Piedmont Medical Center to a nearby nursing home facility owned or operated by Appellant UniHealth Post Acute Care-Rock Hill (UniHealth). A UniHealth employee presented an Admission Agreement, an Arbitration Agreement (AA), a... More...
$0 (03-06-2016 - SC)Clifford Thompson v. State of South Carolina
From 1998 to 2000, an armed perpetrator committed six robberies of hotels in Lexington, Richland, Berkeley, and Charleston counties. During each of these robberies, the perpetrator entered the hotel, held the clerk at gunpoint, restrained the clerk with either duct tape or rope, and stole money out of the hotel safe and till. After an investigation, the police arrested Thompson for these robberie... More...
$0 (03-02-2016 - SC)The State Of South Carolina v. Christopher Broadnax
At 5:30 p.m. on May 24, 2009, a masked gunman entered Church's Chicken on Two Notch Road in Columbia. He held one of the employees at gunpoint while the employee emptied the cash registers. Three other employees locked themselves in the kitchen. The gunman was wearing a striped shirt, had a distinctive "lazy eye," and carried a clear plastic bag. <br> After the employee filled the bag with mone... More...
$0 (12-28-2015 - SC)Lawing v. Univar
This case revolves around the packaging and labeling of sodium bromate, a chemical which contributed to a fire that occurred in a plant owned by Engelhard Corporation (Engelhard) in Seneca, South Carolina, in June 2004. At the time of the fire, Scott Lawing worked at Engelhard's Seneca plant as a maintenance mechanic.1 Engelhard produced a precious metal catalyst used in the automobile industry,... More...
$0 (12-05-2015 - 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)Family and Estate of Walter Scott v. North Charleston, S.C.
North Charleston, SC - Family of unarmed mas shot in the back by police officer settles wrongful death claim<br> <br> The Family and Estate of Walter Scott, age 50, sued the City of North Charleston, S.C. on civil rights violation theory claiming that officer Michael Slager violated Scott's civil rights when he shot him in the back as he fled from his car during a traffic stop.<br> <br> The shooti... More...
$6500000 (10-09-2015 - SC)Cunningham v. Anderson County
During the November 18, 2008 Anderson County Council meeting, the seven member council—three of whom had not been reelected earlier that month— voted 5-2 to enter into a Master Employment Agreement (the Contract) with Cunningham, employing him as the new county administrator. Cunningham signed the Contract for employment the following day. The term of his employment was three years, and the ... More...
$0 (09-02-2015 - SC)Chestnut v. AVX Corporation
Respondent manufactures electronic parts at a plant in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. In 1980, respondent began using a chemical called trichloroethylene (TCE)2 as a degreaser to clean machine tools and parts. At some point, TCE escaped respondent's plant and migrated beyond the boundaries of respondent's property, contaminating surrounding properties and groundwater. <br> In December 1996, ... More...
$0 (08-09-2015 - 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)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)Candice Michelle Hardwick v. Marth Heywood
On multiple occasions at Latta Middle School and Latta<br> High School in Latta, South Carolina, school officials prohibited<br> Candice Hardwick from wearing and on one occasion<br> punished her for wearing Confederate flag1 shirts at school.<br> <br> Candice Hardwick, by and through her parents, brought this<br> action against the school principals and the school board pursuant<br> to 42 U.S.C. ... More...
$0 (03-25-2013 - SC)Steven Lefemine dba Columbia Christians for Life v. Dan Wideman
suitalleging unconstitutional conduct by government officials. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuitheld that a plaintiff who secured a permanent injunction but no monetary damages was not a "prevailing party†under 42 U. S. C. §1988, and so could not receive fees.That was error. Because the injunction ordered the defendant officials to change their behavior in a way t... More...
$0 (11-05-2012 - 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)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)Peggy Ann Mullarkey v. DAvid D. Mullarkey
David D. Mullarkey (Husband) appeals the family court's denial of his motion to enforce, or in the alternative, to modify certain provisions within a 1999 order of separate support and maintenance concerning his military retirement benefits. We reverse and remand.<br><br>FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY<br><br>The parties married in 1980. By that time, Husband had served several years in the United ... More...
$0 (01-25-2012 - 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)Magnolia North Property Owners' Association v. Heritage Communities, Inc.
Appellants, Heritage Communities, Inc. (HCI), Heritage Magnolia North, Inc. (HMNI), and BuildStar Corporation (BuildStar) (collectively, Appellants), seek review of the jury's verdict in this construction defect action.[1] Appellants assign error to the trial court's: (1) finding of an amalgamation of Appellants' corporate interests, entities, and activities so as to blur the legal distinction b... More...
$0 (02-15-2012 - SC)Barbara Solley v. Navy Federal Credit Union
Barbara Solley filed suit for conversion, slander of title, and negligence against Navy Federal Credit Union (the Bank) after Jimmy L. Mullins, Sr., with whom she owned a house, obtained a mortgage on the house from the Bank without her knowledge. The Bank was held in default after it failed to answer Solley's complaint. After the special referee required Solley to elect the theory of damages, s... More...
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