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  Staff Writer | February 01, 2007 11:14 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  The information found on this website should not be construed as legal advice and is not a substitute for professional legal consultation. You should not base your legal decisions solely on the information found in this site and you are encouraged to seek the counsel of an attorney regarding your specific questions or situation.The information found herein may represent the opinions or...

• Law Suit Filed for Defective Asbestos Products

  Josh Christian | May 30, 2007 4:34 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  Gregory James Hunter has filed a products liability lawsuit against A.W. Chesterton as a result of exposure to asbestos. A. W. Chesterton has been manufacturing material which is used in insulation of homes and fire protection and these products have been exposing people to asbestos. Many times companies who make defective products or harmful products set out to make money over integrity and...

• Safety of Children in Daycares

  Josh Christian | May 23, 2007 2:23 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  As as pointed out in The State newspaper today, many times abuse in daycare is overlooked and there is not appropriate oversight. In this articlehttp://www.thestate.com/426/story/70613.html the newspaper focuses on a Columbia daycare where a child was murdered as a results of negligence despite the fact there had been numerous civil lawsuits and the Department of Social Serivces had conducted...

• Labor Department Sued by Cold War Workers

  Shannon Weidemann | May 02, 2007 5:23 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  People that worked in nuclear factories during the Cold War era have sued the Labor Department in a class-action lawsuit over workers compensation. They claim that the government is taking too long to decide on their claims. They were exposed to nuclear materials in their jobs mining uranium and assembling nuclear weapons. Greg Austin, president of Professional Case Management, the in-home...

• Ohio Supreme Court Case Challenges Personal Injury Limits

  Shannon Weidemann | May 02, 2007 1:39 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  In 2005 Ohio passed a law limiting monetary damages in personal injury lawsuits. Lost wages are not affected but other damages were limited at $350,000 a person and $500,000 per incident. After the law was a passed a woman was afflicted with blood clots from using Ortho Evra, the birth control patch. She sued the manufacturer of the patch, Johnson & Johnson.Arbino's lawsuit sought damages of...