All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 5 2010 // A proposal to cap how much people can be awarded through civil lawsuits in South Carolina received key approval this week.The House approved the tort reform bill 104-9. It faces another, routine vote before heading to the...
Mar 2 2010 // A South Carolina program for coastal homeowners who have taken steps to shield their homes against hurricane winds has awarded more than 1,000 grants in two years.Scott Richardson, director of the South Carolina Department...
Mar 2 2010 // The Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) in Tampa, Fla. announced that Allison Dean Love has joined the organization as external relations consultant. Love brings 20 years of experience in media relations,...
Feb 22 2010 // An Allstate spokesman says the company will no longer insure mobile homes along the South Carolina coast. Shane Robinson told The Sun News of Myrtle Beach for a story Saturday that about 2,400 existing customer policies in...
Feb 21 2010 // South Carolina’s economic recovery could be helped by new limits on lawsuits, claims a business group in urging state lawmakers to consider legislation to do just that.The Senate Judiciary committee is weighing...
Feb 18 2010 // Golf carts are a common sight in South Carolina, just not on state roads.But legislation up for debate this week in a House subcommittee would allow people to drive golf carts on the state’s secondary roads as long...
Feb 18 2010 // South Carolina legislators this week advanced bills limiting how drivers use their cell phones behind the wheel.The bill heading to the House floor would ban both text messaging and talking on a hand-held phone, while a...
Feb 18 2010 // A seasonal worker is entitled to workers compensation benefits for an injury sustained after falling at a housing complex supplied by his employer, the South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled.The court sided with the...
Feb 11 2010 // South Carolina senators are considering banning teens under 18 from driving while holding a cell phone to their ear.A Senate Judiciary subcommittee was set to debate the bill this week. It is among six bills in the...
Feb 9 2010 // An insurance company is paying $5 million to settle a case of a North Carolina driver that struck and killed two bicyclists in South Carolina.The State newspaper reported that a federal judge approved the settlement for...
Feb 4 2010 // South Carolina’s economic recovery could be helped by new limits on lawsuits, claims a business group as state lawmakers consider legislation to do just that.The Senate Judiciary committee is weighing legislation...
Feb 1 2010 // South Carolina’s public safety and transportation departments have banned their employees from texting while driving state vehicles. Transportation Secretary Buck Limehouse and Public Safety Director Mark Keel say...
Jan 5 2010 // South Carolina authorities say 2009 has been the safest year on the state’s roads in 14 years. Preliminary reports say 881 people died on the state’s roads last year, compared to 921 deaths in 2008. The State...
Jan 5 2010 // A chemical company committed seven serious violations and was fined more than $23,000 after a ruptured hose caused an ammonia leak that killed a passing motorist in July, South Carolina workplace safety officials...
Nov 15 2009 // A South Carolina couple has sued a Georgia-based security company for hiring a guard accused of setting fires.The Island Packet of Hilton Head reported that Norman and Marjorie Agin say Norred & Associates and two...
Nov 9 2009 // A South Carolina couple has sued a Georgia-based security company for hiring a guard accused of setting fires.The Island Packet of Hilton Head reports Friday that Norman and Marjorie Agin say Norred & Associates and...
Nov 9 2009 // South Carolina needs to take a tougher stand to keep new beachfront development from moving closer to the ocean, according to a report requested by the state’s environmental agency.The report calls for lawmakers to...
Nov 5 2009 // Bruce White hauled thousands of gallons of gas a day for years. These days, carrying a gallon of milk is a challenge for the Union County, South Carolina man.White worked 15-plus hours many days, manhandling hoses that,...
Oct 27 2009 // A man fined in the most destructive wildfire in South Carolina history is facing a court date to answer to charges. Court documents show the trial for Marc Torchi is set for Wednesday in Central Jury Court in Conway, a...
Oct 6 2009 // The Chubb Group has extended its post-catastrophe inspection service to homeowners insurance customers who own a secondary or seasonal home in Georgia and South Carolina and who may not be able to visit their property...