South Carolina Lawyers Weekly articles from June 2006

South Carolina Lawyers Weekly archives from June 2006

Commentary: the need for interpreters in South Carolina courts.
June 5, 2006... Byline: Luis Navarro A Mexican man who was arrested for disorderly conduct after getting drunk and upset that his team lost, is now in a bond hearing. His bond is set at $1,000. His buddies get together a co-operacha (slang for a pool --...

S.C. Bar names Jennifer Wile Rubin Young Lawyer of the Year.(Brief article)
June 5, 2006... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Columbia attorney Jennifer Wile Rubin has been named Young Lawyer of the Year by the South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers Division. The Young Lawyer of the Year Award is given annually to...

Greenville attorney named to Furman University's board of trustees.(Merl F. Code)(Brief article)
June 5, 2006... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Merl F. Code, an attorney in the Greenville office of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C, has been elected to the Furman University board of trustees. Code will serve a three-year term...

Univ. S.C. Law grad excels at N.Y. University Tax Law Program.(William R. Johnson)(Brief article)
June 5, 2006... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Lake City native William R. Johnson, a 2005 graduate of the University of South Carolina School of Law, received the Harry J. Rudick Memorial Award at recent commencement ceremonies at New York...

Greenville attorney Rochelle Williamson sworn in as 13th District Family Court judge.(Brief article)
June 5, 2006... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Greenville attorney Rochelle Williamson was sworn in as a Family Court judge for the 13th Judicial District. The swearing-in was scheduled for Thursday, May 25 in the lobby of Nelson Mullins...

The evolution of a legal malpractice dispute.(Robertson v. Nexsen Pruet Jacobs & Pollard, LLP)
June 5, 2006... Byline: Michael Dayton It's every law firm's nightmare -- a $2,000 opinion letter that turns into a multi-million dollar malpractice verdict. Nexsen Pruet, the state's third-largest law firm, is now facing that very scenario. In March,...

S.C. Court of Appeals rules carpal tunnel benefits to be awarded despite post-employment diagnosis.(Norton v. Wellman, Inc.)
June 5, 2006... Byline: Gregory Froom A Florence County clerical worker was entitled to comp benefits for carpal tunnel syndrome, even though she already had stopped working when the disability set in, the Appeals Court has ruled in an unpublished...

S.C. Supreme Court rules time for filing lien to be extended by small delivery of materials.
June 5, 2006... Byline: Gregory Froom The delivery of a single box of surplus ceiling tiles to a Greenville worksite extended a subcontractor's time to file a mechanic's lien, the Supreme Court ruled May 30. The tiles were brought to the project --...

S.C. Legal Obituaries: June 5, 2006.(Obituary)(Brief article)
June 5, 2006... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Mike Bartosh Spartanburg County public defender Mike Bartosh died April 5. He was 61. Bartosh was born in Union. He was a graduate of the University of Maryland and the University of...

S.C. Court of Appeals Case Summaries: June 5, 2006.
June 5, 2006... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Statement Exclusion - Deceased Co- Defendant - Hearsay Where the appellants appeal a jury verdict, arguing the trial court erred in excluding statements by a deceased co-defendant...

S.C. Court of Appeals Unpublished Case Summaries: June 5, 2006.
June 5, 2006... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Parent And Child Failure To Pay Child Support - Contempt Where the Family Court found the appellant mother in contempt for failing to pay child support through the clerk's office, this...

S.C. Supreme Court Case Summaries: June 5, 2006.
June 5, 2006... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorney Disciplinary Matter Guilty Plea - Misprision Of A Felony - Definite Suspension Where the respondent, who is licensed to practice law in Florida and South Carolina, pled guilty to...

U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit Case Summaries: June 5, 2006.
June 5, 2006... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Procedure Collateral Estoppel - Same Issues - Bankruptcy - Debt Discharge A father who sued a mother for wrongful death after the couple's adopted daughter drowned in a bathtub...

BlogWatch: Dave Swanner.
June 12, 2006... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Editor's note: Myrtle Beach personal injury attorney David Swanner is the author of "South Carolina Trial Law Blog." Located at http://www.sctriallaw.com, the weblog "focuses on using technology...

Achievements and promotions of South Carolina attorneys.
June 12, 2006... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorney Charles J. Webb has joined the law firm of Richardson, Plowden, Carpenter & Robinson, P.A. in its Columbia office. He will work as an associate in the transactional law area. Webb...

Lawyers for Civil Justice names president-elect.(David Dukes)(Brief article)
June 12, 2006... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff David Dukes managing partner of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, was named president-elect of Lawyers for Civil Justice. Lawyers for Civil Justice is a Washington, D.C.-based national...

South Carolina-based Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC opens new Delaware office.(Brief article)
June 12, 2006... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, has opened a new office in Wilmington, Del., which initially will focus on intellectual property litigation and patent-related matters, but which may later...

South Carolina-based Buist, Byars, Pearce & Taylor, LLC relocates to larger facility.(Brief article)
June 12, 2006... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Real estate law firm Buist, Byars, Pearce & Taylor, LLC is relocating and expanding its Mt. Pleasant office to a larger facility to accommodate its growth. The new office is located on...

New South Carolina legislation will change the way silica and asbestos claims are handled.
June 12, 2006... Byline: Gregory Froom Acts that change the way silica and asbestos claims are handled and the creation of a task force to investigate the abuse of vulnerable adults were among the legislation passed before lawmakers left Columbia June 1....

U.S. District Court tosses the estate of a former department head's employment discrimination case.
June 12, 2006... Byline: Gregory Froom The estate of a former department head at the Charleston Naval Weapons Station has had its employment discrimination case tossed by the U.S. District Court. The plaintiff claimed that the decedent was...

U.S District Court rules S.C. factory worker can go forward with suit against equipment manufacturer.(Campbell v. Gala Industries, Inc.)(Case note)
June 12, 2006... Byline: Gregory Froom A Mauldin factory worker whose fingers were severed by a machine that palletizes plastic could go forward on his products liability suit against the manufacturer of the equipment, the U.S. District Court has ruled....

South Carolina Appeals Court rules biological father's consent to adoption is not required.
June 12, 2006... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff A biological father's consent to adoption was not required where he avoided his pregnant girlfriend and offered "insubstantial" support of $50, cigarettes, sodas and a few fast food meals, the...

South Carolina Court of Appeals case summaries: June 12, 2006.
June 12, 2006... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Possession With Intent To Distribute - Motion To Suppress Where the trial judge denied the appellant's pretrial motion to suppress drug evidence found in his possession, and the...

South Carolina Court of Appeals unpublished case summaries: June 12, 2006.
June 12, 2006... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Negligence Automobile Accident - Collateral Source Rule - Admission Of Evidence Where the appellant, who sued the respondent for negligence after they were involved in an automobile...

South Carolina Supreme Court case summaries: June 12, 2006.
June 12, 2006... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Felony DUI - Post- Conviction Relief Where the respondent, who pled guilty to felony DUI, stated in his PCR application that but for counsel's advice, he would not have pled...

U.S. District Court case summaries: June 12, 2006.
June 12, 2006... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Arbitration Motion To Compel - Arbitrator Selection Where the plaintiff, who alleged his former employer failed to promote him because of his race, signed an arbitration agreement, which...

USC Law students excel in London-based debate against future barristers.
June 19, 2006... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Two University of South Carolina law students recently placed highly in a debate with student barristers in London, England. Thomas M. Reddick and John Harper, both of Columbia, received...

Lawyers in the News.
June 19, 2006... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Betty Derrick, Larry D. Estridge and Lindsay Smith have been listed in the 2006 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. The lawyers practice in the Greenville...

South Carolina Lawyers in the News: June 19, 2006.
June 19, 2006... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff McNair Law Firm attorneys John W. Currie, William M. Musser, J. Sidney Boone Jr., Judith L. McInnis and Celeste T. Jones have been recognized in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for...

Robinson McFadden strengthens global reach at Toronto meeting.
June 19, 2006... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Robinson McFadden, with offices in Columbia and Greenville, is strengthening its commitment to global delivery of legal services to clients, due to the continued expansion of Meritas, an...

Appeals Court rejects salaried worker's handbook-based contract claim.
June 19, 2006... Byline: Gregory Froom An Upstate benefits manager could not recover on her handbook-based wrongful termination claim, the Appeals Court ruled June 12. The reason: the handbook's termination policy applied only to hourly, non-exempt...

Uneven pavement not grounds for suit over parking lot fall.
June 19, 2006... Byline: Gregory Froom A woman who fell in the parking lot of a Newberry newspaper could not recover on her negligence claim against the lot's owner, the Appeals Court has ruled. There was testimony that the parking lot's pavement was...

Ga. lawyer sanctioned for closings after S.C. law license suspended.
June 19, 2006... Byline: Michael Dayton A Georgia lawyer who allowed his South Carolina law license to lapse but continued closing and recording South Carolina real estate transactions has received a 60-day definite suspension. The June 12 disciplinary...

SCDOT couldn't halt interest by depositing condemnation verdict, Supreme Court rules.(South Carolina Department of Transportation)
June 19, 2006... Byline: Gregory Froom The state Highway Department could not stop post-judgment interest from piling up on a nearly $2 million condemnation verdict by depositing the sum with the court, the Supreme Court has ruled in an apparent...

S.C. Court of Appeals Case Summaries: June 19, 2006.
June 19, 2006... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Murder - Jury Instruction - Self- Defense Where the appellant was convicted of murder in the shooting death of his brother, the Circuit Court properly refused to instruct the...

S.C. Court of Appeals Unpublished Case Summaries: June 19, 2006.
June 19, 2006... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Corporate Accounting - Unclean Hands - Personal Expenses Where the appellant, who contended the respondent had breached his fiduciary duty to the corporation, requested an involuntary...

S.C. Supreme Court Case Summaries: June 19, 2006.
June 19, 2006... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Appeals Order Granting A Stay - Interlocutory Where: (1) the appellant, who signed a service agreement to become a cellular telephone customer, sued alleging the early cancellation fee...

Commentary: structuring health care joint ventures to comply with federal fraud and abuse statutes.
June 26, 2006... Byline: Matthew S. Churchill As health care procedures shift from the inpatient to the outpatient setting and physicians seek to augment their practices (and incomes) with ancillary services, joint ventures are on the rise among health...

Woman of the Year named by S.C. chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
June 26, 2006... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Cynthia Durham Blair, a real estate attorney in the Columbia office of Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC received the Woman of the Year designation for the S.C. chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma...

Janssen to join Charleston School of Law faculty in fall.(litigator William M. Janssen)
June 26, 2006... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Philadelphia litigator William M. Janssen will join the Charleston School of Law faculty in the fall to teach products liability, civil procedure and First Amendment law. "The professional...

Four S.C. paralegals receive honors.
June 26, 2006... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff For her significant contributions to the firm and professional community, Tammie Pope of Columbia has received the 2006 Jean D. Nunn Excellence in Leadership Award from Nelson Mullins Riley &...

2006 Regional Small Business of the Year for Charleston announces winner.
June 26, 2006... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff The law firm of Buist, Byars, Pearce & Taylor, LLC has been named a 2006 Regional Small Business of the Year for Charleston businesses headquartered east of the Cooper River. The award,...

S.C. Court of Appeals rules no fee dispute appeals beyond circuit court level.
June 26, 2006... Byline: Gregory Froom An Atlanta lawyer who was embroiled in a disagreement over a retainer he received from a Sumter woman could not appeal an adverse ruling by the S.C. Bar's fee dispute board beyond the trial court, the Court of Appeals...

Legislation in S.C. promotes apologies.
June 26, 2006... Byline: Gregory Froom Health care providers will be able to apologize for "unanticipated medical outcomes" without having their words resurface later in court, according to an act recently passed by the Legislature. The General...

S.C. Court of Appeals rules murder not 'occurrence' under CGL policy's terms.
June 26, 2006... Byline: Gregory Froom The murder of an Aiken teenager by a package delivery driver was not an "occurrence" under the terms of a CGL policy issued to the driver's employers, the Appeals Court ruled June 19. The girl's father sued the...

Lawmakers in S.C. take on eminent domain, capital sex crimes during special session.
June 26, 2006... Byline: Gregory Froom Eminent domain, construction law and the death penalty for repeat offenders in child molestation cases were among the subjects tackled by lawmakers when they returned to the Statehouse earlier this month after the...

S.C. Court of Appeals Case Summaries: June 26, 2006.
June 26, 2006... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Appeals Fee Dispute - Jurisdiction Where we are presented with an appeal from a decision of the Resolution of Fee Disputes Board of the South Carolina Bar, we conclude there is no appeal...

S.C. Court of Appeals Unpublished Case Summaries: June 26, 2006.
June 26, 2006... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Domestic Relations Divorce - Life Insurance Policy - Child Support Where the appellant husband argues the Family Court erred in requiring him to maintain a declining balance term life...

S.C. Supreme Court Case Summaries: June 26, 2006.
June 26, 2006... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Murder - Admission Of Testimony - Life Insurance Policy Where the respondent was found guilty of the murder and armed robbery of her husband, we affirm the Court of Appeals'...

U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit Case Summaries: June 26, 2006.
June 26, 2006... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Rights Admission To Bar - Comity Admission - N.C. Law A District Court erred in holding that the North Carolina Board of Law Examiners' Rule .0502(3), which governs comity admission...