Former Rivers Middle teacher settles lawsuit
By Diette Courrégé The Post and Courier Saturday, June 2, 2007 Former Rivers Middle School teacher Michael Woodard settled his racial hostility lawsuit against the Charleston County School District out of court Friday for $25,000. It’s the second case the district has settled in two months from white complainants alleging racially hostile work environments in …
Request For Prejudgment Interest Too General
From South Carolina Lawyers Weekly, March 12, 2007 edition. Request For Prejudgment Interest Too General Specific Pleading In Complaint Required By Gregory Froom Owners of a Surfside Beach restaurant could not recover prejudgment interest in their suit over failed fire-suppression equipment that they claimed caused the building to burn, the Appeals Court has ruled in …
Lawsuit Blames Many in Killings
BY GLENN SMITH The Post and Courier Missteps and carelessness by state and local authorities allowed a mentally ill man to roam the streets of Charleston and kill the woman he had been stalking, according to a lawsuit filed by the victim’s family. The family of Mary Lynn Witherspoon alleges that authorities failed to alert …
Charleston Post and Courier presents a major article on RRH case
Copyright The Post and Courier Mar 12, 2006 Eleanor Breedlove carefully steered her BMW through the small Beaufort County town of Bluffton, negotiating oak-shaded streets past historic churches. While most her age had given up driving long ago, the 93-year- old Breedlove remained vibrant, and she loved to drive her convertible BMW. The dealer happily …
State Supreme Court Rules 5-0 for RRH client
Assets frozen in case alleging pair bilked elderly of millions Published Saturday, December 17, 2005 HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC (AP) – The state Supreme Court has ordered that assets controlled by an elderly couple’s caregivers be frozen until a trial can determine whether they illegally took cash and real estate. Eleanor and Bernard Breedlove, both …