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• S.C. Judge Approves Class Action Personal Injury Settlement In Train Derailment Case In Which Toxic Fumes Were Released into the Area

  Amy Rothschild | June 27, 2007 10:25 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A South Carolina United States District Court Judge recently approved a class action settlement brought on behalf of hundreds of victims who were injured when a train derailed in the small town of Graniteville, South Carolina on January 6, 2005, releasing a poisonous gas cloud of highly toxic fumes into the air. The settlement that was recently approved will provide relief to 480 personal injury...

• Nine Firefighters Deceased due to Store Fire

  Staff Writer | June 19, 2007 2:18 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  At least nine firefighters are dead due to a fire in a South Carolina warehouse. The fire engulfed the Sofa Super Warehouse Monday at around 7 P.M. When fire fighters arrived on the scene there were still employees in the building. Rescue workers punched a hole in the wall and rescued two employees from the flaming building.Witnesses claimed that the roof collapsed, throwing debris on many...

• Joye Law Firm Offers to Gratuitously Assist Families of Nine Fireman Killed In a Recent Fire in Charleston, South Carolina

  Amy Rothschild | June 19, 2007 2:18 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  On June 18, 2007, a local furniture store in South Carolina caught on fire during business hours. City of Charleston firemen rushed to the scene. Nine (9) firemen entered the burning building in order to insure that no employees were trapped inside. While the employees were able to make their way out of the building, nine (9) of the responding fire fighters were not as fortunate when the...

• Mark C. Joye, Esq. Elected as President of Local Chapter of American Board of Trial Advocates

  Amy Rothschild | June 14, 2007 4:41 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Mark C. Joye, Esquire, managing partner of Joye Law Firm, L.L.P. was recently elected as the President of the Charleston Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). ABOTA is a national organization whose primary mission is to protect the preservation of the civil jury trial. ABOTA's membership is based on invitation by peers and consists equally of plaintiff and defense attorneys....

• The Black Box - "Big Brother" Capturing Car Accident Information

  Amy Rothschild | June 08, 2007 10:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  For many years now, automobile manufacturers have been installing a device commonly known as a "black box" into many of their vehicles. The black boxes were initially installed with the stated purpose of gathering data to optimize vehicle performance but now are more commonly used for the purpose of gathering information post-accident. Many consumer advocate groups are concerned about the use...

• Contractor dies following work accident

  Pat Jennings | June 06, 2007 4:12 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  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...