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• Family Sues EvenFlo, Co., Manufacturer of Allegedly Defective Car Seat Which Family Claims Caused Death of Their Infant

  Amy Rothschild | September 25, 2007 10:02 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Family members of Isaac Eslinger ares suing Evenflo, Co., the manufacturer of infant and car child seats, in federal court alleging that it's defective car seat resulted Isaac's death two years ago in September of 2005, when Isaac was only seven months old. Isaac was killed when the car in which he was riding overturned resulting in him being ejected from the vehicle.Authorities report that...

• Potential Workers Compensation Claim for 2000 Employees

  Pat Jennings | August 24, 2007 5:02 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  A Rock Hill company may find itself with one of the largest Workers Compensation cases in the South Carolina state history. A meeting will take place Friday, August 24 at the Winthrop Coliseum that may bring in as many as 2000 former employees at the Celanese plant.Attorney Chad McGowan, of Rock Hill, will be conducting the meeting in order to gauge the interest in pursuing legal action. Both...

• Wal-Mart Settles Lawsuit for Giving Customer Wrong Medication Resulting in Customer's Death

  Amy Rothschild | August 13, 2007 6:22 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  In December of 2005, Keith Scofield ordered an over-the counter drug from a Wal-Mart pharmacy in Frederick, Maryland. Mr. Schofield ordered Humulin R (u-100). Instead, Mr. Schofield was puportedly given Humulin R (u-500). Humulin R (u-500) is a prescription drug that has five times more the insulin of the medication that Mr. Schofield requested from the pharmacy. According to his family who...

• Disclaimer

  Staff Writer | January 25, 2007 5:56 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  The information found on this website should not be construed as legal advice and is not a substitute for professional legal consultation. You should not base your legal decisions solely on the information found in this site and you are encouraged to seek the counsel of an attorney regarding your specific questions or situation.The information found herein may represent the opinions or...

• Flight Students Settle Case Against Flight Instructor After Crash

  Amy Rothschild | December 18, 2007 5:57 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Two students filed a lawsuit against their flight instructor as a result of a 2004 plane crash near the Dubuque airport. Just prior to the crash, the pilot had tried to make an emergency landing in order to remove ice that was accumulating on the airplane and to assess the weather conditions. Fortunately, no one was killed as a result of the crash. All three men walked away with minor injuries....

• Curious George Plush Dolls Recalled Due to Dangerous Levels of Lead

  Amy Rothschild | November 09, 2007 2:54 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  On Thursday, November 8, 2007, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled about 175,000 Curious George plush dolls due to contamination by dangerous levels of lead. These dolls as well as many other children's toys that have been recalled because of dangerous levels of lead were likewise, manufactured in China. Manufactured by Marvel Toys, of New York, N.Y., the Curious...

• Florida Jury Awards $4 Million To Boy Who Injured Arm During Game At School

  Amy Rothschild | October 24, 2007 2:56 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  On October 22, 2007, a Florida jury awarded $4 million to a boy from Tampa who suffered permanent damage to his arm during a pick-up football game at a private school. According to the lawsuit, school staff members were not supervising the game when another student jumped on the plaintiff's arm. The boy, who was 12 years old at the time of the accident, broke his left arm in a schoolyard...

• Defective Medtronic Defribillators Result in Five Deaths

  Amy Rothschild | October 16, 2007 9:54 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Medtronic is the largest manufacturer of implantable heart debrillators. Medtronic producess 55% of the market share in the United States of these devices. Last year, its sales reached $12.3 biillion dollars, with the bulk of the sales being for the sale of the potentially defective device. On Monday, October 15, 2007, Medtronic announced that it was putting a stop to the sales of the Spring...

• Contractor dies following work accident

  Pat Jennings | June 06, 2007 4:12 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Things went awry during the refurbishing of a Texas City, TX refinery when contractor Richard Liening was fatally electrocuted. At the time of the accident, Liening was working on a residual hydrotreater unit. The unit was idle, but had been reconditioned, and is used primarily to upgrade low-quality oil.Unfortunately this is not the first accident to happen at the Texas plant. An explosion in...

• 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...