South Carolina Lawyers Weekly articles from June 2005

South Carolina Lawyers Weekly archives from June 2005

S.C. Court of Appeals rules worker could get trial on emotional distress over vulgar comments.(South Carolina )
June 6, 2005... Byline: Gregory Froom An Horry County construction worker could get a trial on his claims that raunchy job site comments and physical contact caused him emotional distress even though he admitted that he sometimes willingly participated...

S.C. Supreme Court rejects boater's personal injury claim under public nuisance theory.(South Carolina)
June 6, 2005... Byline: Michael Dayton A Lake Murray boater who suffered personal injuries when he collided with a dock could not maintain a private cause of action for public nuisance, the Supreme Court has ruled. In a 3-2 decision, the court...

S.C. Lawyers in the News: June 6, 2005.
June 6, 2005... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorney Greg Horton, a principal in the law firm of Buist Moore Smythe McGee P.A., has been selected to become a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel. The IADC is the...

U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit Case Summaries: June 6, 2005.
June 6, 2005... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Mail Fraud - Bingo - Falsified Reports On rehearing, the 4th Circuit holds that a defendant who participated in a scheme to defraud a speech and hearing center that received...

S.C. Court of Appeals Case Summaries: June 6, 2005.
June 6, 2005... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Tort Medical Negligence - Jury Charge - Assumption of Risk Where the appellants, who consented to the vaginal birth after Caesarean section, sued the respondent doctor for medical...

S.C. Court of Appeals Unpublished Case Summaries: June 6, 2005.
June 6, 2005... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Money Collection - Existence of Indebtedness Where the appellant filed two actions to collect money based on alleged loans of $60,000 and $25,000 made to the respondent, the...

S.C. Workers' Compensation Case Summaries: June 6, 2005.
June 6, 2005... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Workers' Compensation Spine and Leg Injury - Permanent Loss of Use Where the claimant alleges she suffers from permanent partial disability to the spine and the left leg, the appellate...

S.C. Supreme Court rules cancellation of comp coverage not effective because premiums not refunded.(South Carolina )
June 13, 2005... Byline: Gregory Froom A Sumter roofer's insurance carrier was required to defend two comp claims against the roofing company even though the insurer said it canceled the policy for non-payment before the claims arose, the Supreme Court...

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. attorneys named in 2005 edition of Chambers USA.
June 13, 2005... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff The firm of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. is ranked as a No. 1 firm in South Carolina in the categories of corporate mergers and acquisitions and litigation in the 2005 edition of Chambers USA....

S. C.-based McNair Law Firm recognized by Chambers USA.
June 13, 2005... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff McNair Law Firm, P.A. has been recognized by "Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business" in the practice areas of corporate/mergers and acquisitions, real estate and general commercial...

Attorney Sara Dowd Vanderbloemen joins Nelson Mullins In Greenville.(Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP )(Brief Article)
June 13, 2005... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorney Sara Dowd Vanderbloemen has joined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP in the law firm's Greenville office. Vanderbloemen is an associate who practices in the areas of corporate,...

Greenville Attorney with Womble Carlyle Law Firm listed in 2005 edition of Chambers USA.
June 13, 2005... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorney Larry D. Estridge, who practices with the law firm of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, was listed in the 2005 edition of "Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business." ...

2005 edition of Chambers USA list 3 Greenville-based lawyers from Hanysworth Sinkler Boyd Law Firm.(Brief Article)
June 13, 2005... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Three Greenville-based attorneys from the law firm of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. were listed in the 2005 edition of "Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers For Business." Five other...

S.C. Lawyers in the News: June 13, 2005.
June 13, 2005... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorney Hamlin O'Kelley III has joined the law firm of Buist, Byars, Pearce & Taylor, LLC as an associate. O'Kelley will practice in the litigation department at the firm's Mount Pleasant...

Attorney Richard S. Woods rejoins the Hilton Head Island office of the McNair Law Firm.(Brief Article)
June 13, 2005... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorney Richard S. Woods has rejoined the McNair Law Firm in its Hilton Head Island office. Woods previously served as the managing partner of the firm's Hilton Head office from 1974 to 1992...

U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit Case Summaries: June 13, 2005.
June 13, 2005... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Rights Immigration Detention - False Imprisonment - FTCA Although a Panamanian man was illegally detained for 422 days under an immigration statute later declared unconstitutional...

S.C. Supreme Court Case Summaries: June 13, 2005.
June 13, 2005... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorney Disciplinary Matter CLE Requirements - Admitted Misconduct - Definite Suspension Where the respondent admitted misconduct for failing to comply with MCLE requirements and for...

S.C. Circuit Court Case Summaries: June 13, 2005.
June 13, 2005... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Contract Real Estate - Misrepresentation - Duty to Investigate Where the Court of Appeals found the respondent buyers did not have a duty to investigate the truthfulness of an alleged...

S.C. Court of Appeals Case Summaries: June 13, 2005.
June 13, 2005... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Workers' Compensation Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - Timely Notice of Accident Where the Circuit Court reversed the denial of benefits to the claimant by the appellate panel, finding...

S.C. Court of Appeals Unpublished Case Summaries: June 13, 2005.
June 13, 2005... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Jury Selection - Peremptory Strikes - Batson Motion Where the appellant, who is African-American, argues the Circuit Court erred by allowing the respondent Department of...

S.C. Workers' Compensation Court Case Summaries: June 13, 2005.
June 13, 2005... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Workers' Compensation Neck and Arm Injury - Permanent Partial Disability Where the claimant alleges he injured his lower back, neck and arms when he was throwing lumber into a trash...

Tech Roundup - Registered e-mail, preventing theft and more.
June 13, 2005... Byline: Correy E. Stephenson Periodically, Lawyers Weekly USA pulls together a list of new and useful products, services and Web sites that may be of interest to attorneys. The latest installment includes registered e-mail, options for...

Legal publisher recognizes eight S.C. Nexsen Pruet attorneys.
June 20, 2005... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Eight Nexsen Pruet attorneys have been named among the top legal practitioners in their fields in the 2005-2006 edition of "Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers." Nexsen Pruet...

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough announces new building in Myrtle Beach.(with Beach First National Bank )(Brief Article)
June 20, 2005... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough is partnering with Beach First National Bank to build a 46,000-square-foot office in Myrtle Beach, the firm announced in late May. Work on the three-story,...

U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit Case Summaries: June 20, 2005.
June 20, 2005... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Medicaid Reimbursement - Md. Law - Abstention A District Court erred in invoking the abstention doctrine in Colorado River Cons. Distr. v. U.S., 424 U.S. 800 (1976), to...

S.C. Supreme Court Case Summaries: June 20, 2005.
June 20, 2005... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Service of Process - Sufficiency - Corporation Where the appellants sued a real estate developer and the respondent individual alleged to be the alter ego of the named...

S.C. Court of Appeals Case Summaries: June 20, 2005.
June 20, 2005... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Real Property Restrictive Covenants - Variance - Violation Where the respondent/appellant homeowners, who sought to add a garage and mother-in-law wing to their home, applied for a...

S.C. Court of Appeals Unpublished Case Summaries: June 20, 2005.
June 20, 2005... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Property Forfeiture - Fraud - Motion to Dismiss Where the appellant, who sued the respondents seeking to recover property forfeited after his arrest and to reinstate the...

S.C. Workers' Compensation Case Summaries: June 20, 2005.
June 20, 2005... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Workers' Compensation Hernia Injury - Admitted Accident - Statute of Limitations Where the claimant suffered an admitted hernia injury when he was pinned against a wall by a drum, the...

U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals asks whether a gunshot could be covered by auto insurance.
June 27, 2005... Byline: Michael Dayton The state Supreme Court has been asked to decide whether an automobile insurance policy covered a Dalzell woman who was killed when a shotgun accidentally discharged in the family's pickup truck. Peagler v. USAA...

S.C. Supreme Court upsets $4.1M verdict in fatal railroad crossing case.(South Carolina)
June 27, 2005... Byline: Gregory Froom The Supreme Court has reversed a $4.125 million verdict against CSX Transportation in a fatal Pelzer railroad crossing accident. CSX was "profoundly and prejudicially affected" by the admission of evidence...

S.C. Lawyers In The News: June 27, 2005.
June 27, 2005... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorney William Jennings Buchanan has joined the law firm of Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC in Columbia. Buchanan's practice involves residential, commercial and resort real estate transactions,...

Texas professor to serve as visiting lecturer at Charleston School of Law.(Fernando Colon-Navarro)(Brief Article)
June 27, 2005... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Fernando Colon-Navarro, a popular law professor and associate dean at the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University in Houston, will serve as a visiting professor at the...

U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit Case Summaries: June 27, 2005.
June 27, 2005... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Antitrust Sherman Act - Shipping Act Immunity - DOD Contracts - Overseas Transport The defendant moving companies that engaged in a bid-rigging scheme to raise prices the Department of...

S.C. Supreme Court Case Summaries: June 27, 2005.
June 27, 2005... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Appeal Dismissal - Timeliness Where the Circuit Court dismissed the appellant's appeal from an order of the Probate Court, this was proper since the appellant failed to...

S.C. Court of Appeals Case Summaries: June 27, 2005.(South Carolina )
June 27, 2005... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Marijuana Trafficking - Sentence Enhancement - Prior Offense Where the appellant argues that because his 2002 and 2003 convictions are related and arise from a single incident,...

S.C. Court of Appeals Unpublished Case Summaries: June 27, 2005.
June 27, 2005... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Contract Breach - Payment Bond - Attorney's Fees Where the respondent, who sued the appellants for breach of contract, was awarded $56,471 on the contract and $16,805.76 in attorney's...

Commentary: Negotiating the key terms of a health care joint venture.
June 27, 2005... Byline: KAREN A. GLEDHILL Joint ventures are on the rise among health care providers. Physicians are joint venturing with each other and with hospitals on outpatient facilities, health services and equipment, real estate projects, managed...