|
|
Home > In the News
In the News
Articles
-
SCCJC Calls for More Civil Justice Reform
South Carolina Civil Justice Coalition - January 15, 2009
Members of the South Carolina Civil Justice Coalition, the South Carolina business organization that is fighting for comprehensive civil justice reform expressed appreciation for Governor Mark Sanford’s recognition of the positive impacts that tort and workers’ compensation reforms have had on improving our business climate.
- Judicial Ruling Threatens Economic Health in South Carolina
American Courthouse - September 5, 2008
Cam Crawford, Executive Director of the South Carolina Civil Justice Coalition says the new ruling (Colleton Prep Academy v. Hoover Universal) would allow personal injury lawyers and their plaintiffs to sue companies and recover big damage awards even if they’ve never been injured. In reaching its decision, the Court tossed aside long-standing precedent, shedding its role as an impartial arbiter of the law and assuming the power of the state’s regulatory and legislative bodies.
- Lawmakers offered lure worth $450M
Post and Courier - November 2, 2009
Fifteen minutes before South Carolina announced to the world that it is the new home of Boeing Co.'s second Dreamliner assembly line, the power brokers sat together in Senate leader Glenn McConnell's office and huddled around the phone.
- Governor Sanford Welcomes Boeing to South Carolina
South Carolina Office of the Governor - October 28, 2009
Gov. Mark Sanford today issued the following statement on Boeing Company’s announcement of its plan to establish a second production line for the 787 Dreamliner adjacent to the company’s existing facilities in North Charleston.
- Celebrate, build on Boeing coup
The State - November 1, 2009
The Boeing decision demonstrates what our political leaders - even under what most would agree is the worst of circumstances - can accomplish when they put the best interests of our state ahead of personal and political feuds, rigid philosophical hang-ups and other distractions and petty differences that so often hold our state back.
- South Carolina Decision Highlights Need to Act On Punitive Damages
American Courthouse - October 20, 2009
A recent South Carolina lawsuit highlights the problem of allowing emotionally-charged juries to award punitive damages with no guideposts. The case involved a man who claimed his medical insurance was wrongly rescinded. The jury originally awarded $186,000 for actual damages and a bad faith rescission claim. Sounds reasonable. But the jury tacked on an additional $15 million in punitive damages.
Publications
Press Releases
|
|
|
