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• Nominees for South Carolina Court of Appeals Chief Judge Seat Selected

  The Judicial Merit Selection Commission have selected circuit judge John Few of Greenville, Paul Short of Chester, and Daniel Pieper of Charleston, both judges on the Court of Appeals, as nominees for the Chief Judge's…

• From Greenville News: 5 years After Deadly Comfort Inn Fire, New Effort Planned to Make Hotels Safer

  Interesting article in today's (11/03/09) Greenville News regarding deadly fire at Comfort Inn in Greenville in 2004. Six guests died at the hotel, while others saved themselves by jumping from windows three stories high.The Comfort…

• From The Big Money: Furthest Distance Between McDonald's? 107 miles

  Interesting article on Slate's thebigmoney.com re: the ubiquitiousness of McDonald's in the United States.in reference to: Furthest Distance From a McDonald's: 107 Miles The Big Money (view on Google Sidewiki)

• The Explainer: Damages in South Carolina Personal Injury Actions - Pain and Suffering

  Pain and suffering is a material element of damages on which a recovery may be based in South Carolina. The plaintiff is entitled to compensation for pain and suffering directly resulting from the wrongful acts…

• The Explainer: Damages in South Carolina Personal Injury Actions - Mental Anguish

  In South Carolina, an injured party may recover for mental anguish brought about by bodily injury and suffering. Where a party’s negligence is directly responsible for physical injury to another, the injured party may recover…

• The Explainer: Damages in South Carolina Personal Injury Actions - Medical Bills

  In South Carolina personal injury actions, the general rule is that the plaintiff may recover for the necessary and reasonable expenses caused by the injury, such as amounts necessarily incurred for medicine, medical services, hospital…

• The Explainer: Damages in South Carolina Personal Injury Actions - General

  In South Carolina, when a person is injured by the negligent act of another, the injured person is entitled to be fully compensated for all injuries directly or approximately resulting from any negligent act or…

• From NY Times: One Hundred Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do (Part 1)

  From today's (10/29/09) online version of the NY Times:Bruce Buschel outlines "[a] modest list of dos and don’ts for servers at the seafood restaurant [he is] building." According to Buschel "veteran waiters, moonlighting actresses, libertarians…

• From South Carolina Judicial Department: Results of the July 2009 South Carolina Bar Examination Posted

  The results of the July 2009 South Carolina Bar Examination have been posted. A letter notifying each bar applicant of the results was mailed on Friday, October 23, 2009. Telephonic requests for information about these…

• From South Carolina Judicial Department Website: How Judges Are Elected in South Carolina

  Supreme Court:According to Article V, Section 3 of the S.C. Constitution, the members of the Supreme Court shall be elected by a joint public vote of the General Assembly. In any contested election, the vote…