South Carolina Personal Injury Law Blog
News relating to personal injury and medical malpractice litigation in South Carolina and elsewhere.
Author: Ben Stevens practices at Stevens-MacPhail in Spartanburg, S.C. He also authors The Mac Lawyer and South Carolina Family Law Blog.
Blawg Related Categories: Tort Law • Injury & Accident Law • Medical Malpractice • States • South Carolina • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from South Carolina Personal Injury Law Blog
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Attorney Reprimanded for Misconduct During Litigation
A U.S. District Judge in New York has reprimanded an attorney, finding that she was "the driving force" behind a series of woeful acts and "misconduct" during litigation, including altering transcripts, refusing to provide opposing…
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Illinois Judge Strikes Medical Malpractice Caps
From ChicagoBusiness.com: A Cook County judge on Tuesday struck down a two-year-old Illinois law that caps some jury awards to victims of medical malpractice. Circuit Court Judge Diane J. Larsen ruled that limiting payments for…
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SC Governor Attempts to Interfere with Workers' Compensation Commission
South Carolina Governor Marshall (Mark) Sanford has attempted to exert his will upon the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission. Basically, he is trying to tell an arm of the judicial branch how to do its…
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Free Online Research Resources
The South Carolina Family Law Blog published an article yesterday discussing the free online resources listed at Lifehacker.com to assist in finding public records information online, including: Vital Records Phone Books Professional Licenses Criminal Records…
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Medical Errors are Fifth-Leading Cause of Death
Millennium Research Group, an authority on medical technology market intelligence, has conducted a detailed and thorough analysis of the acute care clinical information systems market, and it found that a major driver in the United…
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State Agency Destroys Records Related to Consumer Disputes with Insurance Companies
For a year, the Florida Department of Financial Services has thrown away records relating to consumer disputes with insurance companies. Lawyers and open records advocates claim that by tossing the material, the state made it…
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Jurors to Decide if Hospital Checked Doctor’s Credentials
A trial being held in West Virginia will decide whether Putnam General Hospital properly investigated the credentials of Dr. John King, who has been named in more than 120 medical malpractice lawsuits. Patients contend that…
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Teachers File Lawsuit over Investment Recommendations
Two members of the National Education Association claim, in a lawsuit filed last week, that the organization accepted millions of dollars in payments from Nationwide Life Insurance Company and the Security Benefit Group to endorse…
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Study Shows that Worker Background Checks Help Protect Elderly
According to research conducted by the Senate Committee on Aging, background checks prevented 5,000 applicants from receiving jobs caring for the elderly. Some legislators are pointing to these figures as justification for federally standardized procedures…
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Proof That Our Tort System Works
Anti-consumer groups like the Pacific Research Institute and Alabama Voters Against Lawsuit Abuse, which are funded by big companies, are seeing their weak arguments for tipping the scales of justice in favor of rich CEOs…