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• Man Sues Hospital in Negligence for Misdiagnosis

  Amy Rothschild | May 10, 2007 12:55 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  A man in London, England is suing Royal Cornwall Hospital for compensation after he spent his entire life savings based on hospital doctors' diagnosis that he had pancreatic cancer and only had six months live. After receiving the diagnosis of terminal pancreatic cancer, John Brandick quit his job and spent his entire life savings, staying at luxury hotels and taking friends and family members...

• Laborer Killed in School Construction Accident

  Mark Joye | May 10, 2007 11:25 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  An Ecuadorian laborer who was working at a school site in Brooklyn, NY, died in a construction accident last week when a trench he was working in collapsed and buried him under tons of dirt.Dirt, debris and tools so thoroughly covered the worker, identified by the police as Juan Amendano, 30, of Brooklyn, that it took rescue workers nearly an hour to dig him out. He was pronounced dead at the...

• General Motors Motor Vehicle Accident, Defective Vehicle Settlement Reached

  Amy Rothschild | May 04, 2007 12:21 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Prior to trial, Joye Law Firm successfully reached on behalf of clients William B. Stockton, Sr., and his wife, a large settlement of a case against General Motors Corporation for paralyzing injuries sustained by Mr. Stockton when as a result of a motor vehicle accident, his 1994 GMC Yukon was sent into an off-road rollover. In July of 2002, Mr. Stockton, a 57 year-old recently retired police...

• Ruling Puts Vioxx Lawsuits on Hold

  Christina Cole | April 27, 2007 1:59 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Over 1,000 personal injury lawsuits filed in Texas over Vioxx, were put on hold Friday, after a judge ruled the drug's manufacturer gave adequate warnings about the drug and the potential health risks.The State District Court, based in Harris County granted the motion by Merck & Co. Inc., the drug's manufacturer to dismiss part of the lawsuit. Merck's lawyers argued a 2003 Texas law prevents her...

• Consumer Advocacy Org. calls on Congress to Eliminate 2-year Waiting Period for Disability Insurance

  Christina Cole | April 23, 2007 3:59 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  After retiring on social security disability and waiting two years to become eligible for Medicare, Pamela, had spent nearly $50,000 on health insurance premiums. Even then, the woman's insurance didn't cover the specialists and physical therapists she believes could have helped slow the progression of her illness.This is just one of the many people that have stories such as this one. The...

• Man Declines Help after Accident, Later Dies

  Christina Cole | April 21, 2007 1:22 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  A man died, on Saturday, from injuries he sustained in a head-on car crash.The car accident occurred at 3pm in Anderson County. Investigators say, the car turned left onto McGee Street and collided head-on into a car driven by a 54-year-old man. The man declined going to the hospital when asked how he felt.He called his wife to come pick him up at the accident site. Soon after, the man started...

• Tree Service Owner Arrested for Lack of Workers' Comp Insurance

  Christina Cole | April 06, 2007 10:50 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  The owner of Don Estlund's Tree Service is facing charges for operating without workers' compensation insurance. Allegedly, he admitted to operating his business for eight years without state-mandated coverage when one of his employees incurred a steep medical debt after suffering an injury on the job.He was arrested, on Thursday and booked into the Sarasota County Jail. If convicted of the...

• Menu Foods Announces Pet Food Recall

  Christina Cole | March 17, 2007 12:53 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Menu Foods Income Fund announced a precautionary dog and cat food recall that was manufactured between December 3, 2006 and March 6, 2007. The recall is being limited to "cuts and gravy" style food in cans and pouches manufactured at Menu Foods U.S. facilities.These same products are also private-labeled and contract manufactured for many national brand pet foods.The Fund has received feedback...

• Joye Law Firm, LLP

  Staff Writer | January 25, 2007 6:14 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  For thirty-seven (37) years, attorneys at Joye Law Firm, LLP, have been serving injured clients not only in local area, but also statewide and across the country. Joye Law Firm, L.L.P.'s primary areas of practice include the representation of clients who have been injured or killed as a result of automobile, boating, motorcycle and trucking accidents, defective products including drugs, medical...

• Mark C. Joye, Attorney at Law

  Staff Writer | January 25, 2007 6:00 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Mark C. Joye, Esquire, the managing partner for Joye Law Firm, L.L.P. and head of its litigation section, is a South Carolina native. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1985, and his law degree from the University of South Carolina in 1989. Mr. Joye is a veteran trial lawyer who has successfully represented hundreds of clients who have...