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A Florence County family received close to $5 million dollars for the death of their 23-year-old daughter who was hit and killed by a drunk driver and his passenger speeding down King Street in Charleston, South Carolina. The cadets had been binge drinking were speeding down King Street in an attempt to beat curfew at The Citadel….

In April 2023, local barbeque legend Larry “Big T” Brown, owner and operator of Big T’s Bar-B-Que restaurants in the Lower Richland area, received $3.25 million for major injuries suffered. Tom Brigman Contractors contracted in 2020 to provide sewer construction services for Richland County,…

In January 2023, Dick Harpootlian delivered the opening remarks in what would become the longest and one of the most highly publicized criminal trials in South Carolina history. For six weeks, Harpootlian and his trial team defended a former South Carolina attorney who had been accused of murdering his wife and son in Colleton County,…

In the early morning hours of June 9, 2019, Roy Hall was traveling in his marked patrol vehicle to the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, where he worked as a deputy.  Without warning, a pickup truck crossed over a median and into Mr….

Barry Reed, a Richland County resident, charged with murder, attempted murder, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime for an incident that occurred in Richland County on March 22, 2017. Harpootlian Law took the case and advocated aggressively for Mr….

Corey Donovan Smith, a resident of Florence, South Carolina, died as a result of a gunshot wound following an incident that occurred on December 19, 2020. The incident occurred at Motor City Market convenience store on Fairfield Road in Richland County,…

In the fall of 2018, a settlement was reached with a local roadway construction company in the death of a Richland County resident who was fatally injured in a motorcycle wreck due to a faulty construction design. While driving down the entrance ramp on Interstate along 1-20 East to 1-77 South,…

On July 25, 2017, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a $280 million settlement with drug maker Celgene Corp. to settle claims the company fraudulently promoted two drugs for uses not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)….

On March 15, 2017, a Charleston jury returned a verdict finding a husband and wife’s civil rights were violated by a former South Carolina highway patrolman who arrested them during a traffic stop.

The plaintiffs, Jerome C. Newkirk and Catherine B….

A family-owned hotel business settled its insurance bad faith claim against Seneca Specialty Insurance Company (Seneca) for $2.15 million after the insurer failed to pay for fire damage caused by an arson.

The West Columbia, South Carolina business, Vagish LLC and Va Va Vagish LLC (collectively,…