South Carolina Lacey Act Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Kevin S. Murdock,Thomas C. Lee, and Vidhya V. Narayanan </h2> </center>
Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with health care fraud and conspiracy to commit health care fraud. The indictment alleges that Kevin S. Murdock, 56, owned and operated Premier Medical Laboratory Services, headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina. Thomas C. Lee, 56, both of Greenville, and Vidhya V. Narayanan, 45, were both high-level empl... More...
$ (03-12-2026 - 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)United States of America v. Demario Covington, a/k/a Booger
Florence, South Carolina, pro se defense without a lawyer represented himself seeking compassionate releasse e pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A). <br> <br> The Defendant was charged with:<br> <br> CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE NARCOTICS knowingly did conspire with each other and with others, to knowingly and intentionally possess with intent to distribute and distribute cocaine and cocaine base,... More...
$0 (09-22-2025 - SC)State of South Carolina v. Brian Randell Sease
Charleston, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Voluntary Manslaughter, Armed Robbery, and Possession of a Weapon During the Commission of a Violent Crime. <br> <br> Brian Randell Sease was indicted for murdering 22-year-old Travis Green, Jr. on October 30, 2021. <br> <br> Assistant Solicitors Cassity Brewer and Hunt Russell presented the State's case whi... More...
$0 (09-19-2025 - 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)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)Michele Miller v. Walmart Associates, Inc.
Charleston, South Carolina labor and employment lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a job discrimination claim.<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> Federal laws enforced by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (.gov) prohibit job discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age (40 or older), disability, and genetic information. These laws, including Title VII of the Civil Right... More...
$0 (06-24-2025 - SC)Kevin Akinjobi v. Pegasus Steel, LLC
Charleston, South Carolina labor and employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a job discrimination civil rights violation theory.<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> 42 U.S.C. 2000e-2, part of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. This includes discrimination in hiring, firing, compensation, and other ... More...
$0 (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)<h1> United States of America v. Ibrahim Shedid and Ahmed Shedid </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charleston, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with $25M Conspiracy to Traffic Counterfeit Viagra </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Summerville Brothers Sentenced to Federal Prison for $25M Conspiracy to Traffic Counterfeit Viagra</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> ... More...
$0 (03-14-2025 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Jonathan Ramaci </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and filing a false income tax return. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Mt. Pleasant Business Owner Sentenced to 1.5 Years in Federal Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Jonathan Ramaci, 60, of Mt. P... More...
$0 (02-05-2025 - SC)Samuel T. Whatley, II v. T-Mobile USA, Inc.
Charleston, South Carolina pro se Plaintiff sued on a breach of contract theory.<br> <br> Plaintiff alleged that an employee of Defendant "unlawfully transferred [his] phone number to another device†in April of 2022 while he was at a T-Mobile store located in Traveler's Rest, South Carolina. Plaintiff claimed that "[i]t later resulted in compromising [his] entire bank account and funds were... More...
$0 (12-26-2024 - 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)Victoria Lunn Jones v. Sykes Enterprises, Inc.
Columbia, South Carolinia pros se Plaintiff sued the defendant on a civil rights violation pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (12-19-2024 - 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)Elaine Rae Meyer v. DNM Transport, LLC, et al.
<h2><br> Spartanburg, South Carolina personal injury truck wreck wrongful death lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> South Carolina law defines wrongful death as when someone's death is caused by another person's negligence, carelessness, or wrongful act. The at-fault party can be a person, business, or organization. <br> <br> Here are some key points about wrongful death law in South C... More...
$1 (10-11-2024 - SC)Blakelie Chapman v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company
<h2><br> Greenville, South Carolina E.R.I.S.A.-Employee Benefits claim employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) is a federal law that regulates employee benefits, such as retirement, health care, disability, accident, and death benefits. ERISA sets minimum standards for private sector plans, and protects individuals in... More...
$1 (10-11-2024 - 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)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)The State of South Carolina v. Kierin Marcellus Dennis </center
<h2><br> Lexington, South Carolina murder defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> Dennis, at the time a recent graduate of Lexington High School (LHS), was indicted for murder based on the stabbing of a student from the rival school, Dutch Fork High School (DFHS), after a basketball game on February 17, 2014. The stabbing occurred in the parking lot of a Cook-Out restaura... More...
$0 (08-14-2024 - SC)Sarah M. Midgett v. City of North Charleston </center
<h2><br> Charleston, South Carolina civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a job discrimination theory.<br> </h2><br> Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17, is the primary vehicle that Congress established to address employment discrimination. Under Title VII, employers with 15 or more employees are prohibited from discriminating based on race, ... More...
$0 (08-13-2024 - SC)State of South Carolina v. Olandio R. Workman
<h2><br> Greenville, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with domestic violence of a high and aggravates nature, kidnapping, and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.<br> </h2><br> <br> At trial, the State presented evidence Respondent confined and beat his wife, Loretta Workman, in their shared family residence for over fort... More...
$0 (08-08-2024 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Deveon Antonio Belk </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 7 Midlands Armed Robberies </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Serial Armed Robber Sentenced to 49 Years in Federal Prison for 7 Midlands Armed Robberies</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Deveon Antonio Belk, 3... More...
$0 (07-17-2024 - SC)United States of America v. Freddy Antonio Avila-Velasquez
<h2><br> San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted reentry of removed alien in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1326. <br> </h2><br> <br> Subject to subsection (b), any alien who—<br> (1) has been denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed or has departed the United States while an order of exclusion, deportation, or removal is outstanding, an... More...
$0 (07-03-2024 - 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)United States of America v. Juawn Rodriguez Robertson
<h2><br> Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of firearms in violation of 18:922(g)(1), 924(a)(2), and 924(e).<br> </h2><br> <br> 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1):<br> <br> (g) It shall be unlawful for any person—<br> (1) who has been convicted in any court of, a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year;<br>... More...
$0 (07-03-2024 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Staci Harley; Anthony Harley; Benjamin Blue; Sheniqua Mitchell; Roberta Harley </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charleston, South Carolina criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with COVID-19 Loan Fraud </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Five Low Country Individuals Sentenced for Role in COVID-19 Loan Fraud</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Five of eight individuals who were charged for th... More...
$0 (06-15-2024 - sc)<h1> United States of America v. Marlon Michael Bruff; Ramaro Alsworth Higgins; Reuben Dunn </h1></center
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Greenville, South Carolina criminal defense lawyers <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/atty.asp?f=Joshua&l=Kendrick&i=146849&z=29606" target="_new">Joshua Snow Kendrick</a>, <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/atty.asp?f=Charles&l=Hinnant&i=72559&z=29621" target="_new">Charles William Hinnant, Jr.</a>, and <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/atty... More...
$0 (05-29-2024 - SC)John Wayne Grimes, et al. v. Davenport Trucking LLC, et al </ce.nter>
Spartanburg, South Carolina personal injury car truck wreck lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on auto negligence theories.<br> <br> To prevail in an action for negligence, the plaintiff must prove the following three elements: a duty of care owed by defendant to plaintiff; defendant's breach of that duty by a negligent act or omission; and. damages to plaintiff proximately resulting from t... More...
$1 (04-11-2024 - 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)Joe Patterson v. We Are Sharing Hop, S.C., et al.
Charleston, South Carolina personal injury slip and fall lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a premises liability negligence theory.<br> <br> South Carolina premises liability law governs who is responsible for injuries that occur on someone else's property. Here's a breakdown of the key aspects:<br> <br> Duty of care: Property owners and occupiers owe a duty of care to keep... More...
$1 (01-12-2024 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Nathan Ott </h1>
Charleston, South Carolina Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Selling Fentanyl-Laced Tablets</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> <br> Nathan Ott, 28, of Moncks Corner, pled guilty to violating a section of Title 21, the Controlled Substances Act. The indictment specifically charged that he distributed "fentanyl,†a Schedule II controlled substanc... More...
$0 (01-10-2024 - SC)Donald Black, et al. v. Mantei & Associates, Ltd., et al.
Columbia, South Carolina civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants on Securities Exchange Act violation theories under 15 U.S.C. 78m.<br> <br> Mantei & Associates Ltd is a company that operates in the Accounting industry. It employs 1-5 people and has $0M-$1M of revenue. The company is headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina.<br> <br> Centaurus Financial, Inc. i... More...
$0 (11-22-2023 - SC)Kendra Haley v. Equifax Information Services, LLC
Florenece, South Carolina consumer credit lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a Fair Credit Reporting Act violation theory.<br> <br> "The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is a federal law that regulates the collection, use, and disclosure of consumer credit information. The law was enacted in 1970 to protect consumers from inaccurate or unfair credit reporting practices.<b... More...
$1 (11-22-2023 - SC)Crystal L. Wickersham v. Ford Motor Company
Beaufort, South Carolina personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on product liability and wrongful death theories.<br> <br> This case was filed in the Beaufort County Court of Common Pleas, 2013-CP-07-00781, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.<br> <br> <br> Decedent John Harley Wickersham, Jr. ("Wickershamâ€) was a pharmacist with a history of ... More...
$1 (08-08-2022 - SC)James Brooks v. CSX Transportation, Inc.
Columbia, South Carolina personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a Federal Employer's Liability Act negligence theory. ... More...
$0 (08-04-2023 - SC)Wanda McMichael v. Addus Healthcare (South Carolina), Inc.
Columbia, South Carolina civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a job discrimination theory.<br> <br> This case was filed in the County of Richland Court of Common Pleas, 22-CP-40-02915, and was removed by federal court by Defendant.<br> <br> Wanda McMichael ("Plaintiffâ€) originally filed this suit in the Richland County Court of Common Pleas against on June 6, 2022... More...
$0 (06-02-2023 - SC)Brian Mello, Jr. v. M.B. Pizza, LLC
Florence, South Carolina employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a Fair Labor Standards Act Violation theory.... More...
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