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• Widow Sues Disney Cruise Line For Wrongful Death Of Husband

  Amy Rothschild | January 28, 2008 9:28 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Marilyn Piazza of New York, has brought a wrongful death suit against Disney Cruise Line claiming that the company is at fault in the August 14, 2007, death of Santo L. Piazza, her husband. Mr. Piazza was 78 years old at the time of his death.Mrs. Piazza alleges that her husband died on a Mediterranean cruise in the summer of 2007 as a result of poorly designed raised threshold on bathroom...

• Family Of Man Killed In Bus Crash Files Wrongful Death Action

  Amy Rothschild | January 17, 2008 1:54 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Pedro Mendez was killed on January 2, 2008, when a chartered bus owned by Capricorn Bus Lines Inc. of Houston, and in which he was a passenger, crashed. The crash occurred when the driver of the bus became sleepy, veered off the highway and and tried to pull back onto the highway. The driver overcorrected resulting in the bus zigzagging across the highway. The bus then rolled over before...

• Hospital Accused In Sending Deceased Infant to Dirty Laundry Rather Than Morgue

  Amy Rothschild | January 23, 2008 2:13 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  On July 8, Kourtney McGee of Cleburne was in her second trimester when she went to Huguley Memorial Medical Center of Fort Worth because she was bleeding. She gave birth prematurely to Jacob Dwayne Robinson, who did not survive. Hospital staff told Ms. McGee, the mother, and Milburn "Pete" Robinson, the father, that their child's body would be taken to the morgue.When the funeral director...

• Workers Compensation Approved for Illegal Immigrants

  Pat Jennings | January 02, 2008 10:45 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  The Supreme Court of South Carolina recently handed down a ruling that the citizenship of injured workers should not influence their ability to recover for an on the job injury. The court found that illegal immigrants are entitled to the same benefits under the South Carolina Workers Compensation Code as every other worker in state. This decision came on the heels of a case involving an...

• Charleston Man Dies In Car Crash

  Chrissie Cole | March 15, 2009 3:13 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  A Charleston man lost his life on Friday night when he was thrown from his vehicle. The car crash happened on Ashley Crossing Lane. According to Highway Patrol officials, the driver, 21, was...

• Offer of Settlement Made by State to Families of Students Killed In Virginia Tech Massacre

  Amy Rothschild | March 26, 2008 2:44 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Virginia State officials have offered about $100,000 to each of the the families of those killed in the April 16, 2007 Virginia Tech massacre if they waive their rights to sue the State of Virginia and Virginia Tech. The State has said that even if they were to be sued and found liable, a state law known as "sovereign immunity" which means that the state can do no wrong., each families'...

• Cases Settled Involving Helicopter Crash

  Amy Rothschild | February 25, 2008 9:29 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  In 2002, a medical helicopter crashed in Norfolk, killing three people aboard. The helicopter had just left a Norfolk hospital on June 21, 2002. when the pilot reported trouble. The helicopter subsequently crashed at the airpoirt. The pilot, an emergency room nurse and a paramedic were killed. The families of the thre three victims filed suit. On February 19, 2008, the the famiilies'...

• Trudeau Corp. Recalls Garlic Press/Slicers

  Chrissie Cole | September 16, 2009 12:03 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Trudeau Corporation has issued a voluntary recall of Trudeau Garlic Duo Slicers because the blades can break during use, posing a laceration hazard to users. To this date, the company has...

• Missouri Plant That Manufactures Chicken Pot Pies Voluntarily Stops Production After Possible Link to Salmonella

  Amy Rothschild | October 10, 2007 9:46 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  On October 8, 2007, ConAgra Foods Inc.'s Missouri plant voluntarily stopped production of ts Banquet pot pies after health officials said the pies may be related to 139 cases of salmonella in 30 states. ConAgra officials have stated that its pot pies are safe if they are cooked properly but has advised consumers not to eat them until government and company investigations have been completed....

• Pet Food Company Pays $3.1 Million In Settlement to Pet Owners For Contaminated Food Manufactured in South Carolina

  Amy Rothschild | January 07, 2008 10:24 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Diamond Pet Foods with is based in Meta Missouri, will pay $3.1 million in a settlement with pet owners as a result of contaminated pet food that was manufactured in its South Carolina plant. The contaminated pet food resulted resulted in the illness and death of dozens of dogs nationwide including twenty three states, and the recall of twenty brands of cat and dog food. The pet food contained a...