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A Lexington County man spent the holidays and new year home with his family after spending three years in prison for a crime for which he had no recollection.

Randall Houston Nordan was accused of leaving the scene of an accident involving a death and reckless homicide….

In August of 2016, Jermaine was charged with murder and carjacking in two separate incidents. At the time of his arrest, Jermaine was a 16-year-old child, just shy of his 17th birthday.
On September 6, 2016, a motion for a speedy trial on the murder charge was made,…

On July 28, 2016, the United States Department of Justice announced $17 million settlement with Lexington County Health Services District Inc. d/b/a Lexington Medical Center, concluding a federal whistleblower case brought by former hospital employee David H. Hammett, M.D.

The settlement resolves allegations that the hospital violated the Physician Self-Referral Law,…

This week the United States Department of Justice announced a $2.5 million settlement with long-term care pharmacy Pharmerica that concludes a federal false claims case that has resulted in over $31.5 million being recovered by federal and state governments.

The December 2015 settlement with the pharmacy servicing hundreds of nursing homes across the nation,…

On November 17, 2015, a federal jury in Charleston, South Carolina  found in favor of Lavandre Dashaun Butler, an inmate at Lee Correctional Institution, who was attacked in 2012 when the defendant, a prison guard, failed to properly secure Mr. Butler’s cell door….

A Richland County jury deliberated for less than two hours before returning a $1.65 million verdict for architecture firm Stevens & Wilkinson (“S&W”) against the City of Columbia, the State Newspaper reported in a July 30, 2015 article by John Monk. …

On July 9, 2015, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina announced the settlement of fraud claims against Covan World Wide Moving, Inc., Coleman American Moving Services, Inc., and related entities.

The federal false claims case arose from a whistleblower lawsuit filed by employees from the company’s  Augusta,…

South Carolina Lawyers Weekly and The State Newspaper recently reported on a dram shop settlement between the parents of Justin A. Timmerman and Jake’s Bar and Grill. Mr. Timmerman was killed by a drunk driver in May 2012 while walking across the street in Columbia’s Five Points district….

The mother of a 10-year-old child who received a fatal dose of the wrong prescription medicine reached a $664,000 wrongful death and survival settlement.

In 2010, Tavon McDowell’s mother took him to the emergency room to obtain a new prescription to treat his hyperactivity….

In May 2006, Larry Keeter, a Senior and All-State Wrestler at Rock Hill High School, was participating in Senior Field Day and climbing Alpine Tower’s rock wall.  While descending, the student belayer lost control of the rope and Larry fell 20 feet,…