All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 5 2012 // The first medical office in the nation to earn the Fortified for Safer Business designation is opening in Florence. The Pee Dee Nephrology building has earned the designation from the Insurance Institute for Business and...
Oct 22 2012 // The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled a man’s privacy was not violated when his wife’s daughter-in-law managed to get into his email and find out the name of his lover because the messages remained in his...
Oct 15 2012 // The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled a man’s privacy was not violated when his wife’s daughter-in-law managed to get into his email and find out the name of his lover because the messages remained in his...
Oct 11 2012 // An injured crane operator who expressed his aspiration to start a restaurant business got into a pickle during workers’ compensation proceedings — almost getting denied his wage loss claim, until the...
Sep 27 2012 // A South Carolina court has found that an erotic dancer who suffered a gunshot wound while performing is not eligible for workers’ compensation benefits since she didn’t meet the definition of being an employee...
Sep 17 2012 // A second man has pleaded guilty in connection with an insurance scheme that cost a mentally disabled man his left hand.U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles says 58-year-old David Player pleaded guilty in Columbia last week to mail...
Sep 14 2012 // The wife of a South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper has been charged with setting her home on fire and lying to officials.Paula L. Rose has been charged with third-degree arson for a fire at her home in July. Rose also is...
Sep 10 2012 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA) has acquired Rosenfeld Einstein, a $9 million property/casualty and employee benefits agency based in Greenville, South Carolina. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. With...
Aug 23 2012 // A South Carolina man pleaded guilty this week to a federal fraud charge, acknowledging his role in an insurance scheme that cost a mentally disabled man his left hand.Gerald B. Hardin of Cayce told U.S. District Judge...
Aug 17 2012 // The leaders of groups representing teachers and state employees asked the state Supreme Court this week to take up its lawsuit against a panel led by Gov. Nikki Haley.The lawsuit challenges the Budget and Control...
Aug 10 2012 // A former police officer claims in a lawsuit that Greenville, South Carolina officials violated her free speech rights by firing her over comments on a social networking site.The Delta Democrat Times reported that former...
Aug 7 2012 // The parent company of a Charleston restaurant will pay $1.1 million to the family of a man killed in a drunken driving crash that authorities say was caused by one of the restaurant’s employees. Investigators said...
Aug 1 2012 // Michelin voluntarily recalled around 841,000 BFGoodrich and Uniroyal tires last Thursday because the tread can separate, causing rapid air loss.No deaths or injuries have been reported from the tires, which were made as...
Jul 23 2012 // A deputy sheriff is not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for his mental distress that followed his shooting of a suspect in the course of his job, the South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled.The court said...
Jul 19 2012 // South Carolinians have dealt with the aftermath of war, earthquake and hurricanes and U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham said this week the state now needs to be prepared for another type of disaster — cyber attacks.“A...
Jul 16 2012 // Farm Bureau Insurance said it is dropping about 3,000 South Carolina home insurance customers after paying out millions in storm-related claims last year.The Post and Courier of Charleston reported that property owners in...
Jul 12 2012 // A deputy sheriff is not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for his mental distress that followed his shooting of a suspect in the course of his job, the South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled.The court said...
Jul 12 2012 // Allstate is dropping about 10,000 South Carolina home insurance customers.The company is dropping customers who don’t also carry Allstate auto coverage, have older homes and have homes insured for less than $220,000....
Jul 3 2012 // A South Carolina woman whose drunken driving seriously injured two people has been sentenced to eight years in prison, substance abuse counseling, and to read the Bible. The Herald of Rock Hill reported that Cassandra...
Jul 2 2012 // Hotel owners and tourism promoters along South Carolina’s Grand Strand are concerned about new hurricane evacuation plan that includes areas not previously part of such plans. Under the plan, if the governor orders...