Personal Injury News

Mother sues South Carolina Corrections Department after son dies

October 21, 2007
Associated Press

The mother of Jason Goss, who was killed while he was an inmate at Wateree River Correctional Institution, has filed a suit against the South Carolina Corrections Department. The suit alleges that the prison failed to protect her son from assault by other inmates, according to an Associate Press Report published on October 3rd.

The suit was filed independently of the criminal charges involved in the case. Two inmates were charged with murder in Goss’ death. They each face 30 years to life in prison if convicted. Goss was found unconscious on October 6th, 2006 at Wateree River Correctional Institution. The agency said at the time that emergency personnel pronounced him dead at the scene.

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South Carolina woman who claimed disabled daughter was raped settles lawsuit

October 16, 2007
Associated Press

A South Carolina woman settled her lawsuit with the Babcock Center, a home for the mentally ill, for $250,000 according to an Associated Press Report published Tuesday, October 2nd. The suit alleged that Brenda Bryant’s daughter, a 21-year-old mentally retarded woman, was raped by at least one man after she left a Babcock home with them in 1995.

Brenda Bryant says she settled with the Babcock Center, but that money can not undo what’s already been done. The Babcock Center meanwhile has maintained that the sex was consensual. Babcock Center executive director Judy Johnson says the company admitted no wrongdoing in the settlement. She says she thought the company’s insurance provider settled based on financial reasons.

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Jury: Voorhees president sexually harassed professor

College failed to protect employee’s rights, panel finds

April 28, 2007
The Times and Democrat

COLUMBIA – A jury late Thursday found that a former Voorhees College professor was sexually harassed by the college’s president Lee E. Monroe and that Voorhees College "acted with malice or with reckless indifference to the federally protected rights" of the former professor.

Dr. Moreen B. Joseph brought the civil lawsuit against Monroe and Voorhees College, alleging that Monroe sexually harassed her and the college did nothing about it.

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Company yanks contact-lens cleaner linked to infections

May 16, 2006
Associated Press

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Bausch & Lomb Inc. has permanently withdrawn a new-formula contact-lens cleaner viewed as the “potential root cause” of a far-flung outbreak of fungal eye infections known to cause blindness. Its stock, hit hard over the last month, rose nearly 13 percent...

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Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Personal Injury Cases

May 10, 2006

In a dramatic decision that protects plaintiffs in personal injury lawsuits the US Supreme Court voted in favor of defending the financial awards that the plaintiffs receive in those cases. The Court affirmed the decision of an Arkansas Court in the case of the Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services v. Ahlborn. In that case, and from now on in all personal injury cases, the state will be limited to reimbursement for only medical expenses paid to any plaintiff in a personal injury settlement.

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Teen Driving Laws to be examined in South Carolina

April 9, 2006

New evidence showing that the likelihood that teen drivers will get into a car accident is increased by the number of teen passengers in the car has set off a series of legal changes throughout the country. In 2004 some 5,600 teenagers were killed in vehicle accidents throughout the US. During that same year 139 teenaged drivers were killed in South Carolina, most of them young male drivers with teen passengers.

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Drunk Driving Arrests Down in South Carolina

April 9, 2006

A recently released report shows that drunk driving arrests were down 33 percent between 2000 and 2004 throughout South Carolina. During the same period, critics contend, the number of alcohol related crashes and fatalities rose. Critics are angry at the recent numbers and say that police are not doing enough to prevent drunk driving from happening in the first place.

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Bill to Change School Bus Driver Requirements in South Carolina

March 21, 2006

A Bill was introduced to the South Carolina Senate today which underscores the need to have safer transportation throughout the state. Under the new laws, which would have to be ultimately approved by the Governor, school bus drivers would have to undergo strict physical examinations before taking a test to become a school bus driver. While many states already have such requirements in their laws, South Carolina laws regarding this issue remain uncertain.

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South Carolina Highway Statistics Looking Good

March 21, 2006

So far this year the number of people in South Carolina who suffered a fatality on our state’s highways has declined from the same period versus the past two years. The statistics, recently made available by the South Carolina Department of Public Safety, show that some improvements that have taken place over the past few years are finally showing their desired outcomes.

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South Carolina DUI Laws in Disarray

March 16, 2006

New findings suggest that South Carolina’s complex set of DUI laws may be doing more harm than good. New laws that went into effect January 1 of this year passed the responsibility of DUI appeals hearings from the Department of Motor Vehicles to the South Carolina Administrative Law Court.

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South Carolina Worker’s Compensation Changes

March 16, 2006

Several issues regarding worker’s compensation claims were passed recently by the South Carolina House which will make it more difficult for workers to obtain worker’s compensation. The laws were passed after a month-long debate in the full House and in the Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee of South Carolina.

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Train safety order issued

Railroads must improve track switch procedures

By RICK BRUNDRETT
Staff Writer, The State
October 21, 2005

FEDERAL DEADLINE

The nation’s railroads have 30 days to improve procedures for operating manual track switches under an emergency order announced by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta.

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