Verdicts & Settlements

Consumer Law

Settled: $2,400,000.00

Class Action claim for Dealership fraud:

  • Represented 320 consumers
  • Lead Counsel for all plaintiffs

Settled at Mediation: $600,000.00

Real Estate fraud - 4 plaintiffs

Judgment: $161,286.00

Real Estate fraud - 4 plaintiffs

Settled at Mediation: $95,000.00

Investment misrepresentation

Automobile & Motorcycle Accidents

Settlement: $600,000.00

Pedestrian struck by a car

  • Police originally ruled accident the faut of the pedestrian.
  • Settled for coverage limits

Settlement: $150,000.00

Child struck by a car

Settlement: $200,000.00

Motorcycle rider injured by illegal turn of a car

  • Rider's insurance carrier originally denied coverage
  • Settled for all available coverage limits

Premises Liability Cases

Jury Verdict: $215,600.00

Client thrown from tractor

Jury Verdict: $154,000.00

Client slipped in gas station

Settled at Mediation: $150,000.00

Client struck by a row of shopping carts

Settled before Trial: $135,000.00

Client tripped over improperly placed pallet

Settled before Trial: $80,000.00

Client fell at grocery store

Settled before Trial: $80,000.00

Client fell in hotel room due to faulty plumbing

Product Liability

Settled at Mediation: $530,000.00

Severed fingers from an industrial machine

Settled at Mediation: $225,000.00

Wreck from defective road construction

Settled before Trial: $170,000.00

Inhalation of toxic fumes (3 plantiffs)

Insurance Bad Faith

Settled at Mediation: $475,000.00

Failure to pay claim

Settled before Trial: $50,000.00

Failure to pay claim (auto accident)

Verdict: $50,000.00

Failure to pay claim (fire loss)

Settled before Trial: $27,000.00

Failure to procure coverage

Reported Decision

Failure to pay medical bills

Construction Law

Settled/Judgment: $552,500.00

Failure to complete a contract

Professional Negligence

Settled during Jury Deliberation: $400,000.00

Medical Malpractice

Settled before Trial: $225,000.00

Legal Malpractice

Patent Infringement

Jury Verdict: $3,800,000.00

Patent Infringement

Administrative Law

Reported Decision: 

Denial of Day Care License

  • Requiring license to be issued to the client
  • DSS ordered to pay $27,000.00 in attorney's fees and costs

Other Litigated Commercial Cases

  • Employment Non-Competes
  • Business Dissolution
  • Shareholder Disputes
  • Business Collection

Reported Cases

  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina v. W.R. Grace, 781 F.Supp. 420 (D.S.C. 1991)
  • Barber v. Greenville County, 327 S.C.31, 488 S.E.2d 314 (1997)
  • Chapman v. Computers, Parts & Repairs, Inc., 334 S.C. 387, 513 S.E.2d 120 (Ct. App. 1999)
  • Shockley v. Arcan, Inc., 248 F.3d 1349 (Fed. Cir. 2001)
  • Tennis v. South Carolina Department of Social Service, 355 S.C. 551, 585 S.E.2d 312 (Ct. App. 2003)