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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,…

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….

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….