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• Charleston, SC Jury Awards Charleston Lawyers $3.95 Million Dollars for Personal Injuries Arising Out of Defamation Lawsuit

  Amy Rothschild | September 17, 2007 9:31 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  On September 14, 2007, after an eight day trial, a Charleston County jury consisting of 9 women and 3 men, ordered WSCS-TV (Cahnnel 5) and Jefferson-Pilot Communications, it's former owner, to pay $3.95 million dollars to Charleston attorneys Elizabeth and Christopher Murphy to compensate them for a smear campaign initiated by Don Feldman, the station's former news director. $3.7 million was...

• Woman Awarded $3 Million in Malpractice Action for Misdiagnosis

  Amy Rothschild | November 26, 2007 2:20 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Lynn and James Flaherty of Bethel Park, Pittsburgh couple won a $3 million malpractice lawsuit against two doctors and a physician's assistant after the woman was misdiagnosed as having a sinus infection. Mrs. Flaherty visited the doctors' office in 2001 complaining of headaches and nasal discharge. The doctors were not available. The physician's assistant recommended additional testing and...

• Alleged Nursing Home Neglect Spawns Wrongful Death Action

  Amy Rothschild | August 21, 2007 9:17 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  The daughter of an eighty-two (82) year old resident who died at a nursing home has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the nursing home. The resident, who had been residing at the nursing home since 2004, died three days after she fell and fractured her leg and hip at the nursing home. The daughter's complaint alleges wrongful death and claims that the nursing home's abuse and neglect...

• SC Restaurant has no Worker's Comp Insurance on Burned Employee

  Pat Jennings | July 17, 2007 11:41 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Just over a month ago, Smokehouse Restaurant employee Kevin Lane suffered second degree burns over nearly twenty percent of his body following an accident at work. The employer failed to hold Worker's Compensation Insurance on Lane, and may end up paying dearly for being in direct violation of South Carolina laws relating to this situation. An employer that has four or more employees must have...

• Salton Electric Toasters Under Voluntary Recall Due to Fire Hazard

  Amy Rothschild | March 20, 2008 2:14 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  On March 19, 2008, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that along with Salton, Inc., a voluntary recall has been issued for certain toaster oven models sold between 2000 and 2007. While no injuries have been reported, the toaster can turn on without bread in the slots and ignite items placed on top of it, posing a fire hazard. As an aside, QVC, a home shopping...

• Grassplot Brand Dried Pachyrhizus Recalled Due to Undeclared Sulfites

  Jenny Albano | February 23, 2008 5:19 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Lion Pavilion LTD., in conjunction with the FDA, is recalling 8 ounce packages of Grassplot brand Dried Pachyrhizus due to undeclared sulfites. Consumers who are sensitive to sulfites can run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reactions and side effects if they consume this product. The product comes in an uncoded 8 ounce, clear plastic package. The recalled packages of Grassplot...

• Trucking Company To Pay $9 Million For Wrongful Death Of Two Sisters

  Amy Rothschild | December 17, 2007 2:01 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Seven and two year old sisters died when the family car in which they were riding was rear-ended by concrete pumper truck. At the time of the accident, the truck was driving at an unsafe speed and was not able to stop in time to avoid hitting the family's vehicle, which had stopped to assist a disabled vehicle. The trucking company, Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping,will pay $9 million to the...

• Fiery Fatal Crash Kills Three in Mullins, South Carolina

  Amy Rothschild | November 27, 2007 9:27 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  On Monday, November 26, 2007, around 4:20 a.m., three men were driving east in a Jeep Liberty near Mullins, South Carolina, when it drove off the road and then caught fire. All three men died in the fiery crash. The men were so badly burned, they will not be able to be identified until autopsies have been performed although it is thought that they were all from Mullins, South Carolina. The...

• Aqua Dot Toys Recalled Because They Contain "Date Rape" Drug

  Amy Rothschild | November 09, 2007 2:31 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled 4.2 million Aqua Dots toys for possibly containing a "date rape" drug. The Aqua Dots craft toys are being recalled because they include a chemical on their beads which, if swallowed, can turn toxic and cause unconsciousness, respiratory depression, or seizures. To date, two children in the United States swallowed the Aqua Dots and...

• Untreated Man In Emergency Room Dies Waiting for Treatment

  Amy Rothschild | October 31, 2007 2:31 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  A 33-year-old man complaining of chest pains and pains going down his left arm, died outside Olive View-UCLA Medical Center Sunday. After waiting for medical treatment for more than three hours, the man walked out of the emergency room, collapsed on the pavement and died minutes later. Health official have cited the hospital for medical problems five times this year.While the man's pulse,...