South Carolina Intentional Tort Law
<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)Jennifer L. Beckett v. United States of America
Charleston, South Carolina, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a medical malpractice claim.<br> <br> Jennifer Beckett-Lynn ("Beckett-Lynnâ€) and her now deceased husband, Keith Lynn ("Lynnâ€), brought a civil action pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b)(1), 2671, alleging that substandard medical care provided to Lynn at the Veterans Affairs... More...
$0 (10-03-2025 - SC)Tim Landholt v. Kendall Corley, et al.
Columbia, South Carolina personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory.<br> <br> A South Carolina state court judge issued a bench warrant to arrest Tim Landholt for not paying child support. Sheriff's deputies soon arrested Landholt, who was fined and sent on his way. But the clerk's office never recalled or cancelled the executed warrant. Over five ... More...
$0 (08-29-2025 - SC)Stephon Lekeith Hopskins v. Jacob A. Walters and Austin Fowler
Columbia, South Carolina personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on South Carolina Tort Claims Act and 42 USC 1983 civil rights violation theories<br> <br> The state case was tried to a jury, which returned a verdict in favor of the defense. As a result, the defendants in the federal action moved for summary judgment based on res judicata. ... More...
$0 (07-11-2025 - 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)Jessica Gifford v. Horry Coounty Police Department and Saundra Rhodes
Florence, South Carolina civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff on South Carlina Tort Claims Act negligence and 42 U.S.C. 1983 constitutional rights violation theories.<br> <br> Jessica Gifford filed suit against the Horry County Police Department ("HCPDâ€) and Saundra Rhodes (collectively, Appellants), and several other parties with whom Gifford settled her claims prior to trial. Gif... More...
$0 (10-23-2024 - SC)Winston Tyler Hecely v. Fluor Corporation, et al.
<h2><br> Columbia, South Carolina personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on negligence theories.<br> </h2><br> The plaintiff, Specialist Winston Tyler Hencely, is a former soldier in the U.S. Army. In 2016, Hencely was stationed at Bagram Airfield, formerly the largest U.S. military base in Afghanistan, as part of Operation Freedom's Sentinel.<br> The defendant, Fluor Corporatio... More...
$0 (11-12-2024 - 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)Malcolm E. Livingston, Jr. v. The Regional Medical Center of Orangeburg and Calhoun Counties
<h2><br> Orangeburg, South Carolina personal injury medical malpractice lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> On August 12, 2016, seventy-two-year-old Rebecca Livingston was involved in an automobile accident and transported to the Emergency Department (ER) at Regional Medical. Although there was a licensed physician present in the ER that day, physician's assistant Michael Carother... More...
$0 (09-12-2024 - 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)<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)Summer Mixon v. CareSouth Carolina, Inc.
Florence, South Carolina health care lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a Federallly Supported Health Centes Assistance Act ("FSHCAA") violation theory.<br> <br> <br> Plaintiff was a patient of CareSouth, a federally deemed community health center under the Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act ("FSHCAAâ€), 42 U.S.C. § 233(g)-(n), that receives federal grant fun... More...
$0 (06-02-2022 - 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)Fletcher Lee Hartsell, Jr. v. United States of America
Beaufort, South Carolina personal injury lawyer represent Plaintiff, who sued the United States on a Federal Tort Claims Act medical malpractice theory claiming to have been injured and/or damage as a direct result of substandard care provided by a doctor working for the United States government.... More...
$0 (11-19-2021 - SC)Jennifer Pinckney v. The United States of America
Charleston, South Carolina personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff on a premises liability federal tort claims act theory claiming to have suffered injuries and/or damages as a direct result of an accident caused by Defendant's employees. ... More...
$0 (11-16-2021 - SC)Jennifer A. Whitmore v. United States of America
Greenville, South Carolina federal tort claims act personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, Jennifer A. Whitmore, who sued the United States of America on a personal injury auto negligence theory claiming to have been injured and/or damaged in a car wreck caused by a federal government employee.<br> <br> This case was field in the Greenville County Court of Common Pleas, 2020-CP-23-05206, and... More...
$1 (03-18-2021 - 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)Linda K. Rushton v. United States of America; Cintas Corporation No. 2
Linda K. Rushton, and Kenneth Rushton appeal the district court’s order granting summary judgment to the Defendants in the Rushtons’ tort action related to Linda Rushton’s slip and fall on a floor mat at a post office. On appeal, the Rushtons argue that the court erred in granting summary judgment based on its finding that the United States and Cintas Corporation No. 2 (“Cintas”), who pr... More...
$0 (07-24-2018 - SC)Alan M. Grayson, AMG Trust v. Randolph Anderson, et al.
Victims of a massive, South Carolina-centered Ponzi scheme -- characterized by fraudulent loans secured by the borrowers’ publicly traded stock -- obtained a judgment of over $150 million against Derivium Capital (USA), Inc., its principals, and numerous other participants in the scheme. Alan M. Grayson, AMG Trust, and Grayson Consulting, Inc., three of the plaintiffs, are now pursuing others wh... More...
$0 (03-04-2016 - SC)Massimo Boscolo v. United States of America <P> <font color="red"><a href="http://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28536&z=74103&s=OK" target="_new">Morelaw Internet Marketing for Legal Professionals</a> <br> MoreLaw Can Make Your Phone Ring <br> 888-354-4529 </font>
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina plaintiff Personal injury lawyer Massimo Boscolo who sued United States of America on an auto negligence federal tort claim act theory.... More...
$0 (03-07-2017 - 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)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)Ackerman v. South Carolina Department of Corrections
In 1995, our legislature enacted section 24-3-430 of the South Carolina Code (2007) to authorize the expansion of the Prison Industries program into the private sector. This expansion allowed qualified private entities to use inmate labor but required the wages for participating inmates to be no less than "the prevailing wage for work of [a] similar nature in the private sector." Act No. 7, 1995 ... More...
$0 (03-06-2016 - 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)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)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)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)Gwyniece Hutchins v. United States Department of Labor
5 U.S.C. § 8132 states that "[i]f an injury or death for which compensation is payable under" the Federal Employees' Compensation Act "is caused under circumstances creating a legal liability in a person other than the United States to pay damages, and a beneficiary entitled to compensation from the United States for that injury or death receives money or other property in satisfaction of that... More...
$0 (06-21-2012 - 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)Carolina Convenience Stores, Inc. v. City of Spartanburg, S.C.
Carolina Convenience Stores, Inc., Harry Lancaster, Jr., and Willard Oil Company, Inc. (collectively, CCS) appeal the circuit court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the City of Spartanburg (the City) on CCS's inverse condemnation claim against the City. We affirm.<br><br>FACTS/PROCEDURAL HISTORY<br><br>This appeal stems from a hostage incident that occurred at CCS on July 19, 2004. Because ... More...
$0 (05-09-2012 - 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...
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